Well, our students made it safe and sound and lived to tell about their time in language school in Xela. Over the weekend we all spent time together with Roger McKown, former missionary extraordinaire and current preacher at Brentwood Oaks Church of Christ in Austin, Tx, studying and learning about entering a different culture, what makes the gospel good news, and how to relate to people who look at the world through different lenses. Our good friend Jennifer Hoines from ASELSI here in Chichicastenango joined us as well and had a lot of good advice for our fledgling missionaries. We enjoyed getting to know these young but eager Christians and hope this month will be a blessing to them and others in the future. Maybe one or two will become full time missionaries one day.
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| Which one is not like the others? This painting by Miguel Chavez was hanging in a hotel in Santiago. It gave us a chuckle. |
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| Jackson, Ciara, Alex, Kaden, Nathan, Jonas, Kaylin and James hanging out in the rubber tree fields. |
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| We got to witness a baptism on Sunday. |
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| Dina is one our coworkers at Clinica Ezell and this is her husband Julio who was baptized. |
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| Kaden and Alex telling us about the disease complex of "Susto" or Fright. We wanted them to be familiar with how illnesses present in different cultures. |
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Jackson and Jonas talking about "Mollera Caida"
or the Fallen Soft Spot in babies. |
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| Kaylin and Ciara teaching us about the" Mal de Ojo" or the Evil Eye. While they were talking one of our coworkers from the clinic walked in and affirmed that it was common and told us how many people diagnose and treat the symptoms. |
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| James and Nathan walking us through the Bilis or Bile Disease |
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| Our rugged group |
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| "This won't hurt a bit" |
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