We've Arrived!

Ready to leave for the airport
Left to right: Beth, Laurie, Ellen, Brenda, Crickett, Mary Jo, Bill and Jenna

Saturday we arrived in Antigua after flying into Guatemala City around 2:00 pm. We settled into our hotel and then Pastor Mike from Iglesia Del Camino took us on a walking tour of the town. Later, we ate dinner at our hotel with Pastor Mike then began getting all our supplies for our children's program sorted and ready to go!

This morning we went to Iglesia Del Camino for their worship service where Brenda and Laurie (with translation help from Emmy) had the privilege of teaching 30 6-12 year old girls in Sunday School. The majority of the girls were from a local orphanage.

Sunday morning worship at Iglesia Del Camino

Brenda and Laurie with their Sunday school class

Later in the afternoon we visited "El Mercado" which is Antigua's marketplace. Steve's (one of our hosts from Iglesia Del Camino) wife Jessica gave us some insights on the process of purchasing food for the family.

Following our visit to the marketplace, we went to a homeless shelter to serve dinner. The shelter is run very similar to a shelter in the United States. There are two separate section, one for families and one for men with substance abuse. We also had the opportunity to visit with them and provided them reading material about the gospel, which was very well received.

Bill serving food to the men in the shelter

Passing out coins and tracts to the families in the shelter

Stay tuned for more updates throughout the week!