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Coconut Greetings
When coming into a new place like this I never know what kind of reception there will be. Will we be welcomed here and what will we face. I felt right at home here in El Zapatillo among the people and our team. As we settled in, Victorio, a local elder in the village, collected Read more
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Getting Real
In an earlier post, I asked the question, “How is God working here?”, and I’ve been trying to show little by little how God was moving in El Zapatillo and along our journey. We had a team of 21 in total, 17 from The Pointe Church, and 2 from CH Global, plus Rudy and Sully Read more
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180 Weekend – To whom or what?
Every year our youth get together with other churches (34 this year) in the area for 180 Weekend. It includes over 1,000 area youth. Last year we had a young man from our church make a commitment who graduated only a few weeks later. I wrote about this in My Friends Birthday. Tonight was my first Read more
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Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Whoop, Johnny… the long bus ride
We got up at 4am, grabbed our lunches and headed for the bus station for the ride to Rio Dulce. The comfort and convenience of the Guatemalan bus system that we used (http://www.litegua.com/) was surprising. It was clean, safe, and well run. Except for making three lanes out of two on the road and the Read more
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“The” Tree
There is something awe inspiring about this specific tree. With a massive trunk reaching to the heavens it stands tall above all the others. It tells all the other trees, “Here I am! I am what you should aspire to become. Grow and stand tall on your roots.” If I were a member of the Swiss Family Read more
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The Group Home
The bus was packed tight as was our luggage. The ride to the group home was slow, stop and go. The air was thick with exhaust fumes from the traffic and my lungs choked against the weight of the smog. The city was full of people. There were beautiful sections of the city that were Read more
