Guatemala Trip Update

The word "excited" really doesn't even cover how I'm feeling about the upcoming mission trip to Guatemala.

For those of you who don't know, a group of us from my youth group (along with some adults) are going on a mission trip to Guatemala in August. We are headed to Antigua, and will be working with kids 4 years old and under at a malnutrition center, as well as fixing up the facility and bringing as many supplies as we can.

Last night David let youth group out a little early, and those of us going on the trip met with a man named Ron Gunter, who is putting our trip together. He is the Vice President for International Childcare at Florida Baptist Children's Homes, and has made this trip a million times! (Okay, not literally, but still...)

Before, I was excited and everything, as we worked to raise money for the trip, but now that we have details of exactly what we'll be doing, I'm ecstatic! Ron gave us a little packet that had our itinerary in it, as well as other information that we need to know about. He also gave us all a really nice "travel journal" to use for the duration of the trip. That's really cool, although even if he hadn't given them to us, I would still journal everything I could.

I simply cannot wait to go and pitch in. Ron described what the children will look like, seeing as how malnourished they are, and it scares me...I'm nervous that when I get there and see those kids I won't be able to stand it. We'll see.

Also, I'm SO excited that we're going to a spanish-speaking country this year. I don't know how much I'll be able to understand and say, but I am certainly planning on pushing myself to try the entire time...I want to be fluent, and both years I've taken spanish with Mrs. Hernandez, she's told me I will be. Lol, I can't let her down.
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Well, I'll be back soon with more details. Summer camp in Daytona Beach is next Monday through Friday, so I might not be back until after then.

Oh, and before I go...I still need almost $300 for Guatemala. Would you join me in praying that God will provide that? For the rest of the group as well...
Thanks so much!

Goodnight.
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CHECK THESE LINKS OUT:
Florida Baptist Children's Homes site: http://fbchomes.org/index.html
Florida Baptist Children's Homes blog: http://fbchinternationalchildcare.blogspot.com/