It is the last morning here at Common Hope and we are washing, drying and packing our clothes, which are always dusty from the work we did or riding in the pack of the pick up. (This is the dry season, so it’s always a bit dusty.) More important, we are taking inventory of all …
{A message from Zach Thomas, who is leading the Vision Team in Guatemala} What a joy to be writing you from Guatemala. I bring you greetings from Maria Modesta, the church’s godchild. John, Joyce and I visited her today in San Rafael, a small pueblo north of Antigua. Her family’s property as well as their …
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{An update from our Vision Team sent by Sally Thomas} Our group had a strenuous but very interesting tour of a small coffee farm and the home of a construction worker from Common Hope. Afterwards we had a nice lunch in Antigua in an old Spanish Colonial home, with marimbas playing in the courtyard. Then …
{An update on the Guatemala Mission Team sent by team member Beth Van Gorp} We’ve had another great day here in beautiful Guatemala. For the second day in a row we saw the Fuego (fire) Volcano emitting ash. But the skies are clear and sunny. One highlight of today included a wonderful morning and early …
Hello from your Vision Team, As we wrap up our first full day here, the feeling among all of us is that we have seen, heard, tasted and experienced far more than just a day’s worth. Yesterday started out rough. Our plane got off the ground two hours late from Charlotte, due to a mix …
