Cornerstone FBC

On Sunday, Pastor Mark put a picture of Jason, Dallas and Brayden ( in Guatemala) on the screen to draw awareness of their trip and encourage people to pray for them.  I appreciate our pastors passion for the gospel and heart for other countries.

Day 4 and 5 in Guatemala

A great two days of experiencing how the average person in Guatemala lives.  Yesterday, we had lunch at a private home in nearby village.  The ladies that cooked for us were very gracious.  The home was about 18 ft x 10 ft divided into two areas.  One for cooking and one for sleeping.  You can see the picture of the home as well as the outside restroom surrounded  in black plastic.  This was definitely an eye opener for my boys in regards to poverty.  I could see it on their faces.  One of the highlights of my trip was later that evening while we were delivering soup to some homeless in Antigua, Brayden came up to me and said “Dad, I really need to be content with what I have.”   Debbie and I have talked many times  to our kids about  first hand experiences in different countries in seeing true poverty, but it never sinks into reality until you see it yourself.  Brayden on his own a sweatshirt to another boy who was at the dump looking for food.

Today was spent doing some more painting, crafts with the kids, as well as taking food baskets to about 8 families in another village.  It has been great to share the love of Christ visiting these people, praying with these people and helping supply some much needed sustenance and ultimately hoping these people will see their need for the “Bread of Life”. 

Artwork

I love when the kids leave notes on our beds or make special art projects for us.  I feel guilty about throwing some of it away so I thought I'd take pictures and keep them on athe blog.

Girls Day (baby boy included)

While the boys are away, the girls will play.  I decided to put all work aside and let the girls choose activities for the day.  We thought we'd do "girly things" since we wouldn't get any eye rolling from the boys.  This was the order of the day:  Eat Parfait for breakfast, drink homemade mochas on Nana and Papa's porch, paint nails, go to Juice It Up for smoothies, play at the park, swim in the freezing cold pool, 10 min. massage  (each) from mommy, face masque and lemon sugar face scrub, homemade pizza for dinner, relax in the jacuzzi, watch movies and sleep in mommy's bed.  Wow!!!! We did it all and had a wonderful time.  I need to make a point of doing this more often.

Day 3 Guatemala Trip

The boys play soccer daily with the kids.  Today they also made paracord bracelets and did more painting.

Day 1 and 2 in Guatemala

After the flight, the boys met up with a family who have been friends with my dad for years.  They went out to dinner with them and then headed back to the airport to wait for their ride to the orphanage. 

Day 2 (sent from Jason). It was a good day today.  We had a tour of the facility and met many of the kids here.  Most all kids are HIV +.    The kids really look like they are being treated well and introduced to Christ.  We did some painting in a room as well as played soccer with some of the kids.

Brayden is looking forward to doing the paracord bracelets.  We spend the evening getting to know the other couples who are here.  The other two families have adopted and they both homeschool. 

A Trip of a Lifetime

Well, they are off to Guatemala.  Jason, Dallas and Brayden are spending a week serving at an orphanage.  I am so excited for them and can't wait to hear aboutall of their adventures and serving opportunities.