Braddock Street United Methodist

We made it safely to our lodging in Guatemala and are eating dinner. Thank you for your prayers. We are so excited to serve this week!

After a delicious breakfast & morning devos, we are on our way to worship God and meet with Pastor Alfredo at our partner church for the week! 

We enjoyed some joyful worship, the funny sermon, and hearing God's Word at Vida Iglesia this morning. After, we got to spend some time hearing about Pastor Alfredo's personal story, his call to ministry, and the ways God has been faithful to His work here at Vida Iglesia and the Down Syndrome Association.

This morning we divided into classrooms to assist students with activities and play games!

Smiles go beyond language barriers! 

We are painting today and adding a lighter color to the walls in the lobby at the church/Guatemalan Association for Down Syndrome. This will be a bright welcome to all who enter for school or church! 

Making sure we don't get any paint on the floor!!

We took a little break from painting for some Guatemalan pastries and donuts!

The sun is up which means time to do some workouts! 

We also played popcorn with the kids. We are loving the time spent with our new friends 

Even the bus driver, Roberto, helped us with some sanding and varnishing today! Team work makes the dream work!

The older students are making and selling bracelets to learn some new skills. The skills they develop here at school can help them take care of themselves, and hopefully get a job as they become more self-sufficient. Plus they are making some cool bling!

Class picture with this fun group. We laugh a lot with them!

All our new friends at the Guatemalan Association for Down Syndrome! The staff work hard to care for their students every single day, and we were glad to help them out in their classrooms this week. Before they left, we prayed that God would continue to strengthen them to do this incredible work.

We are finishing up the painting project, and it is looking great!

After a wonderful week of partnership, we joined the church for one last evening of worship as a unified body of Christ. Pastor & Pastora thanked us for the projects we completed and the example of service we gave them, and we thanked them for all the blessings they gave us! 

We spent our last day exploring the historic city of Antigua together after an awesome week of service!