Ministry Day Number 2!

Hello everyone! I´m having a great time here in Guatemala! Today we worked at a church about an hour from the hotel. We painted, weeded, cleaned, and performed our drama.

And guess what(insert question mark here, the keyboard is not cooperating)! We got to use machetes!!! We used them to do the yard work because the people at the church didn´t have any type of garden utensil to dig weeds out. They were like two feet long, with a two inch blade, and were good for killing spiders. A guy on my team, Sam, was pulling the grass out of a patio when he saw a huge spider! And by huge, I´m talking like a little bit smaller than my fist. He trapped it and sliced it with the machete. And the best part about the machetes was that one could buy them for 25 quetzels (guatemalan money) which equals about 3 American dollars!

Oh and we also played with the little kids who belonged to the church. They were so cute! It was a really neat opportunity to interact with them like Jesus would have.

The Guatemalan traffic is pretty crazy, but not as bad as Peru because the people here don´t use their horns constantly. However, a two lane road is regularily used as a six lane road between all the buses, cars, rickshaws, donkeys, pedestrians, and bicycles that use it.

The minister of security in Guatemala is a Christian, and when he heard about our group, he decided to send a police protection squad with all of the teams, even though we don´t really need them for security, they are just useful for getting through traffic. So, today when we went out, we were accompanied by five police officers holding large guns and driving an official looking van. And, speaking of guns, Guatemala is the only place I´ve been where the man riding shotgun actually is holding a shotgun.

It´s been absolutely amazing so far! I love all of you! Please keep praying for us!

Hannah