Guatemala Update 3

mosaic friends and family,

thanks for giving me some grace in my lack of posting yesterday.  with full intent, we came home late from a fantastic day of ministry with fellowship guatemala around 10 pm, only to find that the one computer at the hotel was booked till past 11.  my missions alarm clock was ringing in my head so i´ll call it like it was...i went to bed.  what a day though!  we went throughout the local communities as small teams sharing the gospel with families that were on the ´being prayed for by the church list´´.  it was a special balance of needing of great courage, and the element of relationship.  every one of our students shared their testimonies, along with the gospel, multiple times with the help of a translator.  they were un.be.liev.able.  i was so proud.  at the end of our time, 21 people had prayed to receive christ and asked if they could be followed up with by means of discipleship, accountability, and-or small group particiation.  it stretched our comfort zone...but was  so so good.  many comments by students about how ´´it only works when you do it´.  many shared about friends back home they would like to pursue in a similar fashion. so incredible. god is good. in the afternoon then, we led a compassion international kids program that meets in the church.  praise the lord we came prepared!  100 kids jammed full the church and for two hours we did crafts, games, songs, and our shadrach, meshach, and abednago skit. lots of fun memories and big hugs from those adorable kids

today was our day of rest. and boy...did we need it.  we went to antigua, a beautiful tourist city 45 minutes outside of the city.  we were there from about 930 till 330 siteseeing, shopping, eating well, and drinking mulitple cups of coffee `<`parents, your students just may come back as coffee addicts...sorry<  we then came back to iglesia biblica and put on a program for their student ministry. they were having a soccer tournament that we participated in.  really fun, we realized our feet our slow, but our hearts and bodies are big.  very useful to push around lighting fast guatemalans...for the gospel of course.  then mateo preached a gospel message with some neat worship.  it was special

well, time for bed. we have a long day of travel tomorrow. parents, we will see you at about 530 at the nwa airport.  please do not leave quickly, as we would like to pray together as a team before we all go our own seperate ways

can´t wait to see you all. thanks for praying
mateo, marta, los estudiantes