Praise the Lord! We're here!

Yaaaaaay, Lord! We are finally here, safe and sound. We arrived in
Guatemala City a bit ahead of schedule, shortly after 6 am Sat. morning.
Surprisingly we got through customs fairly uneventful, considering all
the in kind offerings, craft and Bible study supplies we had packed in
duffel bags and our personal luggage. As the customs officials searched
through some of the bags, they just kind of rolled their eyes and made
comments among themselves with grins on their faces. Of course, none of
us really knows Spanish so we have no idea what they were saying about
this weird group of people coming to visit their country.

We were pretty travel weary when we arrived, as our flight out of
Chicago left about 3 am and we arrived in Guatemala City shortly after 6
am (their time, which is a couple hours ahead of us). None of us slept
much on the plane. However , I guess you can say we hit the ground
running, as several of us headed off to help on a project at the former
carpentry shop of Only A Child ministry. This ministry maintains a
shelter and carpentry shop for the street youth in Guatemala City. They
recently moved to a different location and are preparing the old
location to be leased by someone else. We painted walls alongside some
of the homeless young men and had a good time doing it. In spite of the
language barrier, we came away from there with the feeling that we had
made new friends. You can find out more about this ministry on the
following website: http://www.onlyachild.org/. Check it out. It's cool
what they are doing there.

That's all I'm going to write about today. Everyone has gone to bed, and
I'm feeling inclined to do the same really soon. It's been quite a day.
Thank you all for your prayers. Good night.

CLM