The Senior class of Timberlake Christian Schools, 4th year in a row, traveled to Guatemala under Allow The Children. The main project of the trip was to build a worship
“shelter” for a village where there were no believers just a short
time ago. A Guatemalan evangelist is working
there and a few people had come to the Lord.
After a baby became very ill and was taken to the mission compound
for treatment, more people came. None of the small homes seemed
adequate as a place to meet, so the people gathered under a tree. Our
project completed a gathering place with walls about half high,
concrete floor and tin roof. It is not a full building, but a LOT
of ground preparation, moving cinder blocks and mixing concrete
went into it. On the last day, we gathered there for a
worship service and dedication and it is ready to be used for their
regular worship time. Please see the photo taken
at the dedication. At this point, our plan for the summer teams is
to continue to build up the walls and hope to finish a building that can
be enclosed to keep chairs, etc inside. In addition to that,
we served a hot meal in 3 different villages,
distributed clothing and shoes, painted buildings for the
orphanage, preached in 2 church services, music and
testimonies in the church services, teaching
Sunday School for the children, brought our 30
Chiquimula children into the compound to spend vouchers
with their sponsorship money to get things they needed. I
think the Timberlake Christian School
senior class got a great experience with missions and ministry
(1) among the poor and needy, (2) in a different country and
language group, (3) with village and orphanage children
(4) building that will last and serve for worship . I am looking
forward to doing this again with 2 more groups this summer and a similar
ministry in Nicaragua with still another group.
