Breakfast (at 12:15
am): rice, vegetables, chili sauce, and pulled pork pieces $0.50
Lunch: 1 c brown
rice with ¼ c corn & pea soup $0.35
Dinner: 1 c
oatmeal and 5 raisins $0.15
Approx. total: $1
Today my palate is desiring some fruit or a sample of
dessert. I’m not quite sure what I’ll do about appeasing my sweet tooth this
month. It may be that I simply deny my sweet tooth altogether, as a bite of
brownie would be much less nutrient dense than a bowl of rice and beans, for
example.
Church was wonderful. We went to pick up the two African men
that were mentioned in yesterday’s post, and the prayer group that I am part of gathered around and prayed over them. During the
service, the campus pastor was able to inform the congregation about these men,
and a few individuals even came up to meet them afterwards. Then, after a
semi-frustrating time with directions, we met up with a few friends at a
hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant, where I was able to enjoy my sips of water
as they took bites of friend rice and soy-sauce covered dishes. We conversed
about many things under the sun and laughed at the fortune cookies’ prophecies
at the end of our meal.
I was unfortunately quite late to my skype meeting with my
Gutemalan team, then experienced some technical issues with my laptop (what a
day of technological frustrations!). Therefore, this post is dedicated to the
prayer needs of my Guatemalan team and the preparations for the trip.
These are the names of my teammates: Athalia, Randall, Elizabeth, Daniel, Jay, Dale, Kendall, Sherri, Ben,
Josh, Pastor Stanley, Tom.
- Please pray for additional fundraising that is needed, and the physical, spiritual, and mental preparation for each of us.
- Please pray against any worries, especially towards the planning that is still needed to be done. This is the first medical missions trip that this group is taking, and we are unsure of just how many patients we’ll have, though it should be in the thousands.
- Pray for the $2500 additional dollars needed for the team to purchase medicine.
- Pray that the Lord would provide additional translators, as English to Spanish, and Spanish to Kekchi translators are needed. We have a few right now, but there is concern about whether or not effective communication will occur. Pray that we trust the Lord to give us supernatural language skills/we simply trust Him to provide.
"Now to Him who is able to do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be the glory!" Eph. 3:20-21
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