Purchasing Supplies for Nazaret Church

Today we arose around 6 AM as usual, had breakfast, a short team devotion time in the prayer room, and then began to get ready to depart for our trek to Zapote. As we discussed what the day plan was, Tim Bodkin asked Ken Brown and I, (Kyle), to stay behind to take a shopping trip with Pastor Libney from the Nazaret Church. We are doing a construction service project at the church on Saturday and needed to purchase and pay for all the supplies needed. Pastor Libney was not to arrive until 10 AM and since it was 7ish when the team left, Ken and I decided to see what small project at the Oasis we could accomplish. We had been told that the red house needed to have a bunk bed turned into two single beds.  So off we went to seize this task…it can’t be that difficult, right? Well, lets just say we did get the beds finished, but it took way to long…lots of laughter! Pastor Libney arrived shortly after 10 AM and we headed off to the construction stores to begin the shopping…no, it’s not like going to Home Depot in Guatemala…it takes 3 different stores…several trips with a loaded truck bed to unload at the church, (one trip with a giant plastic septic tank tied to the truck bed that was almost the same size as the truck), and lots of waiting in between. I was reminded once again that shopping in Guatemala takes lots of patience, humor and appreciation for shopping in the states. Tonight the team arrived back to the Oasis a little early so that we could join the girls and staff in their weekly Wednesday devotions at 5:30 PM.  What a joy it is to be a part of that worship experience! We enjoyed and participated with several worship songs, sharing of 2 Peter 1: 5-7 character trait “sightings” and a short devotional to reinforce those traits. Hearing the girls pray was so amazing…so much passion for JESUS! After the Oasis devotions, we gathered for our team dinner that Aura had so faithfully prepared for us! While having dinner, we had the privilege of having Renee Wolf, Oasis sponsorship coordinator, join us for dinner and then talk to us about how the sponsorship program works with Kids Alive Guatemala. She talked not only sponsorship for the girls at the Oasis, but also the boys and girls in Zapote. One sad statistic Renee mentioned is that sponsorship for the Oasis is only at approximately 50%. They need more sponsors!  If you are interested in helping to change this statistic for the better, please go to:
http://www.kidsalive.org/around-the-world/latin-america/guatemala

As we end this day, we would like to ask you to pray for our friend and partner, Doug Johnson, Construction Director for Kids Alive Guatemala. Doug’s brother, Dwayne, passed away this morning, in Duluth, MN. Doug will be departing Guatemala shortly to be with his family during this time off loss. This was a very hard day for Doug, but he knows, with out a doubt, that Dwayne is standing in the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!