Thursday, March 07, 2013

Visiting this week

Over the weekend temperatures dipped into the 40’s, but
we saw barefooted children running
around on the cold cement floor at church.
We saw how the family stays warm at home.
                          Huge logs are put into the fire so the children
                                  can sit near the fire to keep warm,
                                    or they stand near the cooking fires.
The family has plenty of corn stored for making their tortillas
              
We attended the church in Secaj to plan with
the leaders for a health team’s visit to their area.
They took us to a neighboring community, Caarnila
that will be the center for the health team. 

Sebastian and his family live in Caarnila
They walk an hour to attend the church in Secaj.
There is no evangelical witness in Caarnila.
For two years Sebastian’s family have faithfully
attended the Secaj Mennonite Church.  Now the
leaders from Secaj are walking to Sebastian’s
community and giving services.   A new mission
is being birthed.

          Galen talking with Sebastian.
         What a privilege to pray with this family.
On Tuesday we planned a trip with the women leaders
to Seabas that required three hours of traveling.
    We saw men unloading huge barrels of water
    from a truck for spraying the coffee plantation. 
   Quite inventive!  It worked!
 
   The road zigzags up the mountain with many hairpin curves.
 
On the return trip we heard of the death of a founding leader,
Jose, in the Chiyaxut congregation.  We took the time to
visit the family.  They requested a family picture next to the coffin.


  








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