Berean Bible Church - Guatemala Trip - Day 8

What an exciting, but sad start to the day as we packed our things, cleaned up the premises, and said goodbye to our new friends.  We took a group picture, encouraged the workers, and loaded our luggage on the bus for the long drive back to Guatemala City.  We were about 15 minutes away from the hospital and the bus pulled over.  As we sat wondering what was wrong, Julio, the administrator of the hospital caught up to us in his truck and boarded the bus.  He had been in a meeting and wanted to say good-bye to the team before they left, but was late.  He said he would have driven as far as he needed to to catch up with us to say thank you.  What a statement about the testimony this group has had this week.

The drive was actually quicker (only 7 hours) and much cooler (although it started to rain towards the end of the trip).  The kids played games, sang songs, generally were loud and obnoxious, but what else do you expect from a bunch of teenagers.  They love to laugh together.  It is fun to listen to them – it speaks volumes about the closeness of the group.

We stopped for ice cream about half way, and finally arrived in Guatemala City around 6.  We had Little Cesar’s Pizza for dinner – the kids (and the leaders) loved it!  We went through a bunch of pizza.

The place we are staying at is very nice – we can see the lights of Guatemala City all around us – it is beautiful.

After dinner we had our devotional time and then it was off to bed for most of us. 

Tomorrow we will be having church right here at the guest house with Dan Anderson (the AMG staff pastor) sharing from God’s word.  We are hoping that Tim and Eli will be able to join their worship team to lead worship tomorrow, but we will not know until then. 

After church we will be going to Antigua for shopping and sightseeing – Jeff said he will be looking for an American Restaurant to get a good American meal tomorrow.  We will see.

The team is getting excited about going home, but they already are missing being in Cubulco.  I pray that God uses this struggle to direct them in ministry for the future, and that maybe some would become missionaries here in Guatemala or somewhere else in the world.  Time will tell.