Walk in Clinics…..

In April a team from Springfield, Ill….ER ABROAD,

worked with Love Guatemala.

They saw 700+ people in 5 days….what a blessing they were…

Thank you Dennis, Daryl (translator), Brett, Cristina (translator), Ezra (translator),

Dr. Michael, Sara, Josh…..

…setting up the first clinic at Los Patojos….

This is a house converted into t medical clinic, no air conditioning, the

temps were 32 degrees and it was not…many of the people waited 4 hours to

see one of the medical personel.

…Brett and Ezra sorting out meds…

…helping Josh do the vitals on mom…

…I prefer a sucker!…

…Dennis, Daryl and a patient…

…Cristina, and Sara and a patient…

…I hope the numbers are good….

…a very good patient….

…this little gal, a preemie, came in with a very high fever….

we suggested that the mom not wrap her in too many blankets and too tight.

as Sara started taking off two fleece blankets, 7 outfits, her fever started

dropping….

…Cristina found a little sweetie…

…I can see!”

…Dr. Michael, let’s see what is in there….

…some of our cute patients…

…I don’t want you to take off on me….

…thank you Jennifer for entertaining the kids…

…lunch time…

….the heroes of Los Patojos….

…Sara, Dennis, Dr. Hector, Dr. Michael…

Dr. Hector runs this clinic Tuesday and Thursday afternoons….

OFF TO SAN JUAN, ALOTENANGO….

The team brought water filters to all three locations….

…the waiting room seemed never ending…

…setting up the meds….

….Brett is having a lot of fun interviewing patients…

…using the purified water to mix some meds….

…these two young men greeted us every morning…

…the great director and staff….

….so ired of waiting….

done…day one….

….this school has 300 children in kindergarten…

so Day 2….begins

…we had a visitor this morning….

…thank you Karen and Charity for helping us out….

…see what we made in class….

…don’t leave Brett alone with the toys!….

…third and final school….Mano de Leon…

…unpacking the meds….

this is a medical clinic given to the village several years ago…

…unpacking clothing…

…bubbles are so much fun….

….keeping the patients entertained…

…thank you for coming and helping our villages…

To relieve some of the work load the team went shopping!

…Dennis learning how to make tortillas…

…ok, one of these tortillas does not look like the others…

whose is it….Dennis or Philip….

“T.E.A.M. = Together Everyone Achieves More!”

THANK YOU ER ABROAD

Kid’s Fiesta…..

Every two weeks we have a Kid’s Fiesta….

A time of sharing the love of Christ, showing a DVD “Auto B Good”, a craft,

and singing….they love to sing

…explaining the craft to these wonderful volunteers…

These ladies and one guy are from our church…

…love those smiles…

…waiting for the movie to start…

Auto B Good is a christian version of CARS and deal with virtues…

..please put up your hand when you want to answer…

We played a game getting the kids to remember which virtues they had learned…

…working on the Salvation bracelets…

Black…sin

Red…His blood

White…washed me white as snow

Yellow….I will walk the streets of gold

Green…Eternal Life….

Feeding of the Three Hundred…..

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..this gal came into the soup kitchen one day asking us to please help

her feed the children at her local school….

We went for a visit….

They now have Gleaners soup for 3 months, when that runs out we will provide more….

…time to go outside…

…time to stretch…

…see you later…

…dance class…left, right, back and forward…

..Douglas explaining the directions for the soup…

…the chef and her helpers are cooking Incaparina…

…where are your shoes?  Oh, we need barefeet for our dance…

…we are doing a hat dance at our fiesta….

The Zero Hunger Pact says it best:

“Today we dare dream about a different Guatemala,

in which children with smiles are free from hunger and reach their full potential.

We have launched the process of change and as a society we are ready to pay

the cost for reaching our collective success. What used to divide us, brings us

together now in the fight for one single cause:  to eradicate malnutrition.” 

President Perez Molina

Faith, Hearing and Word…..

We have several lovely ladies in the Fraser Valley that knit and crochet anything from blankets to hats…

We had the fun of delivering the blankets to Hermano Pedro hospital…the staff was excited as they

take the patients out to the park and these blankets would keep the patients warm in the morning…

…this gal grabbed my hand and said “Gracias, gracias…”

We often have people come to the soup kitchen and ask how they can

get some soup for their village, church or school….

So we delivered soup to an after school program….

70 children who need a good meal at least once a day…

…the director…

…moms come to enjoy a meal…

…playing a game…

…thank you Jesus, for this food…

…the guys are serving wieners, sauce, rice and tortillas…

MOVIE AND CONCERT IN THE PARKING LOT

…setting up to watch The Passion of Christ….

…the worship team practicing (forgive the dark pics)…

..this young man was incredible…

Many people came, heard and saw the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus gave for them…

They listened from roof tops, decks, and across the street….

Step by Step….

Bill and Ana stayed after the March team returned to Abby….
Bill counselled and taught the 12 Step program to the Rehab Center here in Joco
With a Christian emphasis many of the men learned that inspite of what they had done
God can and will forgive them….asking for forgiveness is the hard part….
Our mission in working with the 22 guys is to see families restored and these men
become the fathers, husbands, brothers that God intended them to be….

…Douglas translating…

…thanking Bill for what he has taught them…

….they enjoyed the cake, actually 2 cakes….

…..please come back and teach us more…

“God will heal your broken heart, if you will give Him all the pieces.”

5 Months=Guatemala Adventures

Walter, Lisa, Jeremy, Julianne, Andrew and John moved to Guatemala in October, 2012

and have now returned to life in Canada…

we thank them for being here for meeting new people, smelling new smells,

hearing new sounds (buses, horses on cobblestone, lots of honking of horns)

….for loving people….may you not forget Guatemala….

“Whatever our career may be, true leadership means to receive power from God

and to use it under God’s rule to serve people in God’s way.”
–Leighton Ford

If you Feed them, they will Come….

It was cold and very windy….
We did not have a 4 x 4 to take the soup down to the village of Mano de Leon…
One phone call and they were waiting for us at the top of the mountain (6500 feet)
Bill and Ana spoke to the group after everyone received several bowls of hot soup…
We had an activity for the kids, who huddled together to keep warm…

Trying to keep warm as they wait for their soup…

…Oh, that feels good…

…I told you it was good!…

…kids activity….the story of the cross…

…He died for you and me…

….time to carry our groceries and go home before dark…

“Blessed are those that can give without remembering

and receive without forgetting.” — Author Unknown