Guatemala Short-term Missions trip
February 11 - 18, 2023
Day 4 | Tuesday, Feb. 14
Concrete day 1 + Home Visits
Written by: Steve Oliver
Day 4
Today we all gathered for breakfast again at 7am, had some fun conversation, and then at 8am loaded up two vehicles and set off for our destinations. We got to work on the foundation site by digging trenches for the concrete, leveling the blocks for the border, then pouring concrete into the border joints. We scraped and leveled the wet concrete then started to level the middle portion.
We stopped for lunch to rest and gather strength to do the center portion of the foundation the rest of the afternoon. This house that will be built will be a blessing to Oriana and her family. They were incredibly thankful for our help. We were also getting a bathroom setup for them also, keeping it away from the house. Three of the locals dug a hole that was about 24 feet down and about four feet wide. It was a site to see.
Today’s message for us is that sometimes missionary work is hard and dirty work but our missionaries, Nick and Izzy, and Ben and Emily were working so hard and exhibiting such patience and help that we felt like we were on their team! After all we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. All day, God’s glorious sun shone on us and we were blessed to have the number of people on our team that we do. On our home visit, there was a lovely 70 year old Grandmother who had prayed for a Bible after being a believer for over 20 years and not even owning one. When she received it, she was so overwhelmed and glad and told us she had been praying for a Bible and now God had answered her prayer.
Please pray for these women with children and with ailing needs that God would meet them where they’re at and heal them, restore them, and draw them closer to Him everyday.
Our Guatemala Missions Work
Rick Fulton, the founder of Mission Mobility, leads short-term trips to Guatemala, partnering with Grace Community Church. During these trips, teams work alongside Bethel Ministries to distribute the wheelchairs and walkers that they’ve been collecting all year long.
Teams also build metal homes for families. These homes typically include a fuel-efficient wood stove, triple bunk beds and pouring a concrete floor. The team also collects food, clothes and blankets to distribute and they carry it with them throughout the week as they distribute it in multiple locations.