Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Getting Settled in Chichi

Since our last blog, we have covered a lot of ground! In September we returned to the states to see our son baptized and married (yes, all in one week, wow, what a time of blessing!) Then we attended the October surgical clinic with a wonderful group of people who obviously love the people of Guatemala.

A few days later, we took a shuttle to Chichi to look at where we will live, a nice place, which used to be a bed and breakfast. We will rent the upstairs and will share a kitchen with a lovely woman, her son, and the 97 year old father of the owner of the house. Every morning while we were visiting that week, we woke up to the sounds of older Christian hymns, like the ones we grew up singing and in the evening to the reading of the Bible in Spanish. We also had the opportunity to meet the Guatemalan staff who work in the highlands. What a treat! We have attached a couple of pictures that we took as we sat in a restaurant having coffee and desserts. On Friday and Saturday of that week, we went out to mobile medical clinics and spent this time shadowing Lisa and Sheri as they saw patients. After the weekend, it was time to return to Antigua to finish a few days of Spanish school and as my teacher said, now it is time to practice!

This past Monday, October 26, Lisa and Kemmel arrived at our door with two trucks and we loaded up and headed to Chichi. We are getting settled here and looking ahead to several busy weeks. We are going to attend a youth conference in Santa Cruz this coming weekend. We are told to anticipate somewhere in the neighborhood of 2000 attendees! There is a group coming from Oklahoma, too, so it will be a time of fellowship, meeting many new people from across the country, and worshiping the Lord. We continue to be thankful for the opportunity to serve with Health Talents.






God Bless All of You, we are so thankful for your support.


Love,


The Berkeys