Wow! This week has flown by and it is hard to believe I only have a few more days here in the Petén. Last Monday, I had the privilege to teach the Children’s Bible study in Santa Rita! I absolutely love teaching, even though I do not always feel adequate, especially when there is a huge language barrier. I chose to teach on the Fruit of the Spirit, since Shelley had just finished teaching the life of Christ and Salvation. The kids were very interactive and with Jimmy’s translating skills, we learned about the first three Fruits, Love, Joy, and Peace or Amor, Alegría, y Paz! For the craft we painted an apple, orange, and plum with colors and Kool-aid to give it a real fruit smell! I can’t wait to teach the rest of the fruit of the Spirit!
That night we went to one of the best restaurants, Maya International! I ordered the most delicious Hawaiian pork chops with green beans! This restaurant is right on Lake Itza, and it was absolutely beautiful! Jonah and I went and swung while star gazing! I am going to teach those boys everything I know about finding diamonds in the sky!
Tuesday, was the first day of the Kekchí Bible Institute Training for Jimmy and Jay. Kekchí National Pastors from all over the Petén come to Sayaxché for this training. Many of them leave their families for several days, walk for several hours in order to catch a bus to come and learn more about the Bible. This session Jimmy and Jay taught Cults and on the book of Judges. They put a lot of hard work, studying, and preparation into their lessons. We came up with all sorts of visuals and props! The guys found a donkey jaw, well, an animal close enough to a donkey, to use for their Samson lesson. We made a wig for Samson, an ox-goad for Shamgar, a tent spike for Jael and Sisera, and a lantern, water pitcher, and trumpet for Gideon! The men loved the interaction and learned so much! They ask a lot of questions, and it is such an amazing experience to see the light bulb go off when they actually understand!
While the guys were off teaching in the hottest building in Sayaxché, we stayed behind and helped Shelley with some stuff around the house. There were a lot of things she was able to accomplish with two extra hands around to help with the boys. Several times we lost power and water, and that does complicate things a little, but we always made the best of it! With all the time on our hands, I got to do some baking, well, making No Bake Cookies, isn’t really baking, but it was a lot of fun! So delicious!
Friday was absolutely incredible! The night before Jimmy and Jay were playing basketball with a friend here in El Chal. He told them about a place not too far from here where there are the most beautiful waterfalls! So we set out to find these beauties!! It took us about 40 minutes, but as soon as we pulled up we could see the cascading waterfalls! I was in absolute awe!! God and his handiwork are so amazing!! After a fun swim, we went to the top of the waterfalls and explored a little! Needless to say, I am a little clumsy when it comes to slippery rocks and fell a few times, but it was totally worth it! I have never experienced anything more beautiful! I believe that is going to be one of my favorite places in the Petén!
Yesterday was Adult Bible study, and Jay finished up the second part of Esther. He really has a heart for the people here in the Petén, and I can’t wait to see how God is going to use him here in the Petén one day! After the lesson, we just hung out and talked with several of the young people! It was really good!
Oh, quick story!! So I believe it was Thursday night, we were on our way back from Flores, and we saw the most humongous snake on the road! It was as big around as a baseball bat! Totally crazy! I wouldn’t want to come in contact with a live one!
I can’t thank you enough for all your prayers!!
Tuesday, was the first day of the Kekchí Bible Institute Training for Jimmy and Jay. Kekchí National Pastors from all over the Petén come to Sayaxché for this training. Many of them leave their families for several days, walk for several hours in order to catch a bus to come and learn more about the Bible. This session Jimmy and Jay taught Cults and on the book of Judges. They put a lot of hard work, studying, and preparation into their lessons. We came up with all sorts of visuals and props! The guys found a donkey jaw, well, an animal close enough to a donkey, to use for their Samson lesson. We made a wig for Samson, an ox-goad for Shamgar, a tent spike for Jael and Sisera, and a lantern, water pitcher, and trumpet for Gideon! The men loved the interaction and learned so much! They ask a lot of questions, and it is such an amazing experience to see the light bulb go off when they actually understand!
While the guys were off teaching in the hottest building in Sayaxché, we stayed behind and helped Shelley with some stuff around the house. There were a lot of things she was able to accomplish with two extra hands around to help with the boys. Several times we lost power and water, and that does complicate things a little, but we always made the best of it! With all the time on our hands, I got to do some baking, well, making No Bake Cookies, isn’t really baking, but it was a lot of fun! So delicious!
Friday was absolutely incredible! The night before Jimmy and Jay were playing basketball with a friend here in El Chal. He told them about a place not too far from here where there are the most beautiful waterfalls! So we set out to find these beauties!! It took us about 40 minutes, but as soon as we pulled up we could see the cascading waterfalls! I was in absolute awe!! God and his handiwork are so amazing!! After a fun swim, we went to the top of the waterfalls and explored a little! Needless to say, I am a little clumsy when it comes to slippery rocks and fell a few times, but it was totally worth it! I have never experienced anything more beautiful! I believe that is going to be one of my favorite places in the Petén!
Yesterday was Adult Bible study, and Jay finished up the second part of Esther. He really has a heart for the people here in the Petén, and I can’t wait to see how God is going to use him here in the Petén one day! After the lesson, we just hung out and talked with several of the young people! It was really good!
Oh, quick story!! So I believe it was Thursday night, we were on our way back from Flores, and we saw the most humongous snake on the road! It was as big around as a baseball bat! Totally crazy! I wouldn’t want to come in contact with a live one!
I can’t thank you enough for all your prayers!!
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