Clinic Set Up Day

Today was another great day here in Guatemala.  It started off with an amazing breakfast at the orphanage, all the food we have had here is absolutely delicious.  Ryan led our devotional and talked about how God uses us even though we all have weaknesses.  He referred to 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 which says, "But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ¹⁰ That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."  Even though we all have weaknesses, God shows His strength to those around us by using us to do His will in spite of those weaknesses.  After breakfast we went to Sumpango and spent a few hours in the market that they have on Sunday.  It was cool to see all the different things the local people were selling.  There were a lot of fruits and vegetables, jewelry, clothes, toys, movies, cd's, and a lot of other interesting things.  It was a great experience to be able to see how things are done in their culture compared to ours.  The hard work began after we enjoyed market day because we started to set up the clinic so it would be ready for Monday.  Derek had the privilege of driving the pick-up truck filled with action packers down the steep streets, while Evan, Ryan, Brian, and Travis formed a human net so they would stay in the truck.  All the action packers got to the community center safely and we started to set up the clinic.  It only took us about 3 hours to get everything set up because the members of Los Olivos had already been there setting up the exam rooms and getting things started.  Once the clinic was set up, we were able to back to Oscar's house for dinner and watch some of the Packer game!!  Praise the Lord Oscar is a Packer fan :)  We then went to Los Olivos for their service and worshiped with them.  We were introduced to the members as a group and sang Mighty to Save for them mostly in English, but the last chorus we sang in Spanish.  The service was really good and you could tell everyone who was there really wanted to be there and praise God for what He was doing in their lives.  After another busy day we headed back to the orphanage and relaxed before getting rested up for our first day of clinic.  Thank you to all of those who are praying for us, please continue to ask the Lord to bless our team and the people of Sumpango!!

Jenny