Day Five

 Today was a day of excitement, anticipation, laughter, joy, hope and tears.

Day Four

A productive day in the neighborhood.

Day Three

What an incredible day today.

Day Two

Today, the building team and medical team worked together on a project -- painting the home of our Dream Agents, John and Laurie King. 

Day One

Day one. As one person said, someday has become today. So much of us talk about going on a trip like this and helping people, some day. We hear about it from other people, we read about it, we see pictures about it; and that is as far as it goes. For us on the trip, "someday" no longer exists for us.

Arrived

After a 4:30am meet at the church, 5 1/2 hr flight to Panama, 1 hour layover and another 2 1/2 hr flight to Guatemala... we have finally arrived.

A heartfelt cry for help from our Dream Agent in Guatemala

A few days ago, we received an email update from Laurie King, our Dream Agent in Guatemala. We've copied it below:

Today I went to a place just outside of Antigua -- the city where all the tourists go and spend money freely.  Many people there have million dollars homes...there are spas and restaurants everywhere catering to those who have money.

Well today, I went to a small community that sits about 10 minutes outside of Antigua. It is a dirty dusty flat tract of land that is home to 85 families who have nothing. Sadly, they were displaced from their homes 9 months ago. Severe storms hit the area causing a mudslide, and in a moment, their lives were forever changed (not that they had a lot to start with, but at least they had homes and a lot to put them on, and a community of friends and family). Now, they have no homes to return to and no place to rebuild. Everything is simply gone.