Tuesday Morning with Karen

As I type this, we´re about to head off to the village where we´ll be helping with the widow´s house. The vans are getting packed up and I can hear the boys playing frisbee. Everything is going well! The trip here was very smooth, and flight 1 enjoyed a long layover in Dallas. We talked with 2 other mission teams here in Guatemala, from both Missouri and California. We arrived as an entire team last night at the airport Guatemala City to find Rafi waiting for us. Danielle, Trevor and I rode on top of the high mound of luggage in one van as we saw the beautiful city by night. We met the other van at Pollo Campero, sort of like the Guatemalan equivalent of Kentucky Fried Chicken. We arrived at Rafi´s church very excited, finding a large Welcome Stanwich Church sign that was made for us. With all the excitement, it took some of the boys quite a while to settle down for sleep. We woke up this morning to find a delicious breakfast prepared by some of the women here...eggs and ham, corn flakes, bread, bananas, orange juice, and good Guatemalan coffee. Though some of our team didn´t get much sleep, it is a beautiful morning and we´re all excited about what we will be doing today! The highlight of my morning so far was seeing the smoking volvanos from Rafi´s roof. We are in such a beautiful place and it´s a cool but sunny day, perfect for our work. Chuck reminded us this morning as we prayed for our day that we are using God´s energy in all we do. I can´t wait to see what He will do today!