Thursday, March 29, 2007

Capping it off with Capshaw




Within the 2nd group, we had 15 people that included kids, youth, college students, and adults from the little town of Capshaw Baptist Church. The Lord allowed them to bless 10 families with new homes. 200 families were also blessed with food and clothes in two different colonials. As a matter of fact, the group traveled all the way to Canada to pass out to one colonial!

The Lord allowed the group to paint at two different childrens’ homes, Amor del Nino and Agua Viva. They also had a fun time getting stomp in soccer by a bunch of school kids from Agua Viva.


On Tues. night the group hosted a Quinceanera party for Teresa Lara. This is a special coming to age party for Latin American girls, and it was a great time to share the Gospel to Teresa's friends. She had a great time, and was very shocked and emotional to say the least.

One event that was unique and a first was that the three girls that were on the team went to the local national hospital and passed out stuffed animals and tracks. They enjoyed that time and it opened their eyes to some different sites. The children in the hospital were blessed by this time.

There were no salvations, but many seeds were planted. We have the opportunity to follow up on these people, and hopefully they will come to know the Lord.



For the last day, most of the group got up close and personal with some HOT LAVA! We went to the peak of Volcan Pacaya and risked our lives for the chance to see real flowing lava. It was the third time for us, but it was fun.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Bubba Can Ministries


Well we have had a busy two weeks as we have had two teams back to back. The Lord really blessed as the Baptist Campus Ministries (BCM) from the University of South Alabama and Capshaw Baptist Church from Huntsville ministered to the people of Guatemala.




The Lord allowed the BCM group to build 4 houses in El Rejon, and pass food out to 100 families in a colonial in the town of Itzapa. They were also able to paint some ceilings at a local home for disabled kids, Amor del Nino. For 3 afternoons they went to a local village, Rincon Chiquito, to host a Basketball clinic and VBS. This was a pretty good week for 7 college students, a Canadian, and a fearless leader. Everyone seemed to work pretty hard except for some guy named Josh!




The best highlight of the trip was to see a lady accept Christ as her Savior. Praise the Lord!! Lord willing, we will be able to plug her into a local church so that she will grow in her faith in the Lord.




On a side note, the group was able to head to the Pacific coast to catch some rays. Under tow? Who cares! We roughed waves and played beach soccer with some locals. It was a nice way to relax after a weeks worth of work.