As we look back on our mission trip to Guatemala , it's hard to beleive that after just a few months some of the memories have started to fade a bit , but some of them will never fade away.

first we remember the long trip to Guatemala , the flight was about 7 hours to Guatemela City and then a 7-8 minivan ride through the highlands and lowlands to the river , Rio Dulce.Once we we reached the river , we had to take a dark boat ride to the hotel.Finally , at the hotel , we unloaded about 75 pieces of luggage for the 6th time that day.This long trip , which started at 3 a.m. ended at 11 p.m. after we checked into our humble cottages on rivers edge.
The next day was the start of a very hot and tiring 5 days at Casa Guatemala , the orphanage.We did many repairs there , some easy , some hard and some impossible.Tom was mostly on a roof crew putting in vents on a floor on the girls' dormitory and a new steel roof on the preschool building.Jeff fixed 35 toilets , many showers and the stove in the kitchen of the dining hall that caught fire one day while we were there.We had a great crew of people and completed many repairs in our 5 days , but many more repairs are still needed , which leave hope for a return trip.
One of the memories that will never fade are the children.What amazed us the most was that the children there were happy to be fed each day and happy just to be where they were.They didn't have much , if anything at all , but that didn't seem to matter much.We think that all of us could learn a lesson or two from these orphans at Casa Guatemala.

We would like to leave you with a few thoughts that God laid in our hearts.first check out Galations 6:9. God calls on us as Christians to do good for others , to help when it doesn't fit our schedule , and to help those who can never repay you.God tells to help the orphans , the widows , the sick and each other , so across the world or across the street show the love of God in thought word and deed.