Today was the last day in Los Robles with Team
Transformation Station. My time here has
been incredibly refreshing. We are
hidden away in the mountains of Guatemala.
Ben and I hiked to the top of a mountain the other day. The view was breathtaking. Paul Ben and I set up a special night for the
women of team Transformation Station last night. Flowers, candles, dessert, words of
encouragement, worship, and even some fireworks that set the night in
motion! We turned off every other light
so only the candles lit our evening. It
was incredible! At the end of worship,
Stacey and I prophesied over each person on the team.
Ash Garcia is the team leader. She is doing an amazing job. She is a natural leader and great friend to
everyone on the team. She really
welcomed Stacey and I to become part of the team while we were with them. Ash leads by example, and is usually one of
the first to serve, and the first to dive into ministry. She also has been empowering people on the team
to lead in different areas. She sees the
greatness in each person, and is calling it out of them. At the same time, she is challenging everyone
on the team to do the same with each other.
Stacey and I hopped in the back of a pick-up truck and drove
through the Guatemalan mountains, flying around curves, picking up others along
the way. A man and his wife joined us
for a leg of the journey, the man holding his 3 year old daughter, and the woman
had an infant on her back. Can you
imagine? The man sat on the back edge of
the tailgate, half his body hanging over and his daughter wedged between his
legs. I sat on the edge for a short
while but almost flew out of the back, so I moved back inside the bed. We drove through a river along the way. Then after 30 minutes, we were dropped off at
a bus station, and quickly got aboard.
Our big packs were thrown on top of the bus, and we managed to find a
couple seats.
A ‘Chicken Bus’ in
Guatemala is not the most luxurious way to travel, but I’ve traveled in much
worse ways over the past couple years (ask me about the 26 hour train ride
through Vietnam). An amigo on the bus
let us know our stop was coming up, so we grabbed our day packs and quickly
fought our way to the front. The bus
slowed and we hopped out. I set my pack
down, turned around, and to my surprise the bus was still in motion! A man on top of the bus was tossing our packs
down as the bus kept moving. I ran and
caught the first pack, set it down and a split second later caught the
second. Then, without any time to see
where I was going, I had to run 10 yards after the bus, jump a four foot curb,
and in the air I managed to catch the final pack just before my feet hit the
ground. I set the pack down, and sat in
amazement for a solid minute. All Stacey
could do was laugh and laugh. It was
quite an adventure!
