This week I welcomed a Spring Step team to Guatemala. They will be here for 4 months - working in 2 different projects of 2 months each. After staying one night with me, I went with them to their project in a small village in the department of Sololá. They were given a great welcome by the church there, who helped them get settled and work out how to flush toilets when you only have running water from 6am - 8am every day and all the other essential practical things.
The following day, after a mamoth shopping trip, they got involved in the children´s club. Over 200 kids come to the club 2 afternoons a week and are divided into different groups - so all the team were needed to help out.
All the team introducing themselves in Spanish.
Georgia and Lauren help with outdoor games.
Everyone wants to know Emma´s name.
Ellie helps with measuring.
David impressed all the boys with his paper aeroplane making skills.
Chantel getting stuck in with another game.
Not a bad view to wake up to!.
Then they started work helping with the construction project at the church.
I always love being involved with Step teams - and this group are no different -- all of them have come with a real excitment of what God is going to do in and through them during this time away from home. And I know that they won´t be disappointed. It´s great to see people taking on new and challenging roles in the team and in their project - and learning to trust God that he will equip and sustain them.
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