Half the team headed out of Salisbury at 1:30am to meet the other half of the team at BWI. Ken drove and Lori was the navigator. Jay and Katelyn followed in the pickup truck with the bags. Had a slight delay getting out of BWI but all went smoothly to Miami (except the landing) and eventually into Guatemala City. We even had a few people (Mel/Rick, Lori/Jess and Tom) get moved up to first class! We waited for a while for two young ladies, Alexis and Alicia, from Tom's church who are going down to Esperanza de Vida to be full time missionaries for seven months to work with the locals and teams that come down. One of the girls, Alexis, speaks fluent Spanish, which will be a tremendous blessing to the entire team.
We grabbed Pollo Campero (Guatemalan KFC) on our way out of the City. We arrived at the mission before dark, unpacked, and had a great dinner (yes, Mom, Katelyn ate her veggies!). Afterwards, Margaret led a quick devotion and prayer then we headed back to the mission house.
We started sorting all of the medical supplies and the sheer volume of how much we brought down was realized. We sorted and piled three tables high with medicine. We had Preston and Terry Frallic to thank for much of that. Preston works at Nanticoke Hospital and arranged for literally thousands of dollars worth of medical supplies to be purchased or donated. There was a whole other table with candy and toys, but the quantity of medical supplies was mind blowing when you think of all the good it will do at this mission and in this region. Just goes to show that God was working to bless the people of Guatemala through our trip long before we stepped off the plane.
We had three scorpion incidents but Rick and Steve made quick work of them. They smashed them flat. Everyone turned in early after a long day of travel.
- Josh
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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