Today was very interesting. We went to a center called CASA DE ALELUYA, a home for over 500 children that come from varied familial situations. Many of the children were abandoned by their parents and left on the side of the road, only to be found by authorities. The testimony given by the founder was inspirational. In my 53 years on earth, I don't believe I have ever met a man that has experienced so much favor from the Lord. At 45, he was called to Guatemala to begin this ministry. He shared experience after experience, and truly captivated the entire team with his testimony of the miracles the Lord performed to bring about CASA DE ALELUYA. At the root of everything he said was that what the world might consider lucky happenstance, were miracles manifested through acts of love through people God intentionally brought into his life. What one might consider a tragic circumstance, God used to bring about tremendous good.
We ended the day with three games of soccer. I am proud to say that six of us gringos whipped up on three children, a teacher, the bus driver and one of our interpreters (all of whom are Guatemalan and LOVE football/soccer). Goodie, Andrew, Scott, Austin, Daniel and I did an outstanding job representing. Just saying we showed them people how to play the game. The others in our group were able to love on the infants/toddlers and pre-teen/teenagers.
Tomorrow will be a busy day. We are going to be working at the Guatemala Dump where we will work with different ministries and Tabitha (home for abused and battered women). We will leave at 7:00 a.m. and return at 8:00 p.m. Please pray for our team. It has been an exhausting week, but one that has blessed each one of us, and we believe the people of Guatemala. Our God is an AWESOME GOD.
Written by Wendell Sheffield...
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