We just finished month 10 in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. Each month has seemed to fly by, but our time in Guatemala seemed to speed by even faster than any other previous month.
Every month we arrive in a new place and it still amazes me how quickly the Lord provides community for us. Almost instantaneously each month we find our “regular places”. We find our fruit lady and our favorite snack lady and our neighbors. This past month our favorite snack was the chocobananas – frozen, chocolate covered bananas. YUM!
We lived next to a small tienda (store) where the mother sold street food most every night. She had two small sons – Cesar and Emmanuel. Emmanuel was never caught without a deck of cards in his hands and he would often sweet talk his way into a few games of cards most days. They were a precious family – even though we didn’t speak the same language with our mouths we did speak the same language in our hearts.
Our fruit lady was precious too. We were always guaranteed delicious watermelon, mangos and pineapple. Each day as we walked by we would get the greeting of, “Buenas”!
Dennis, Edgar and Jonathan would often drop by the house to hang out and spend time with us. Edgar was our driver for the month. Dennis and Jonathan we involved with the ministries that we worked with. The entire Holy Banditz team and Fuse team fell in love with these guys.
The Lord has truly taken care of us – in all ways – even our hearts. He has put all kinds of people in our path throughout this year and I am so thankful for all the precious hearts I’ve met that I now consider family.
