April 24, 2010

I feel like I am back in school again. Since last Wednesday I have had nine and a half hours of Spanish lessons. I thank the Lord for My Spanish teacher in the states. I would be completely lost if she had not taken the time to teach me before I came. I know my alphabet and how to make syllables and we are working on the conjugation of verbs. We are also working on making sentences. Pray for me as I continue to study and work on my Spanish. I only have a few months left to learn.

Thank you for your prayers. God bless you all.

April 22, 2010

Rain Rain Rain.

We are getting rain more and more. We have ad so much rain that the drive way was washing away and we had to work on it.

We built a speed bump to block the water form washing down the road. Yes we did it by hand. We talked about wishing we had a Bob Cat. No such luck.

Here are a few pictures of the event.

We all got involved.

April 13, 2010

Feliz cumpleaños Tio Ken!!!

Happy Birthday Uncle Ken!!!

The church had a surprise party for him. And it was a big surprise. We had a hard time not telling him because he was in the capital and did not really want to come back. But he did and was glad. There were a lot of people there that night. Aunt Cindy and Uncle Ken were seated at a table in the front of the church and all the people were seated in a half circle around them. We had a wonderful time.

April 17, 2010-Hard to believe but true.

I have been here for almost four whole months.

Some days I can't believe it and others it feels like I have been here forever.

Time goes so fast that it is hard to keep track of it.

With four of the ten months that I have the privilege of being here gone, I have had many thought about them.

Here are some of my thoughts.

Am I really doing what I am here for? Are the children really leaning?

When I leave will I have made a difference?

Will the children miss me as much as I will miss them?

Will the teachers want me to come back?

I could go on but I am sure that you do not want to here all that I am thinking, so I won't.

Please pray for me as I seek the will of God about what I am to do next year.

I have many thoughts on that also. I need the Lord to tell me what HE wants.

Continue to pray for my sister and her husband. They are still having paperwork problems. Matthew 21:22 Says Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing ye shall receive.

We are asking that the Lord make it possible for Patrick and Mary Ann to bring Cameron home this month.

Thank you for praying with us.

April 12, 2010

This past weekend I attended the Guatemala CAM conference. The man that preached spoke on the grace of God and resting in Him.

We as humans have so many things that can keep us from resting. We have responsibilities, cell phones, emails, activities at church and other places. There are so many good things that can keep us from having the time to rest and spend with the Lord. It would be easy for us to not have the time to spend with the Lord. If we do not spend time with Him how can we be like Him? We do not all rest in the same way so find out what you need to do to rest and then take the time to rest.

While at the conference I met some wonderful people. My roommate is another intern who is here until the end of October. She is here working with a daycare in the capital. She is trying to make a sponsorship program for children that cannot afford to pay for their schooling.

Pray that the Lord will bless all of the missionaries in Guatemala and around the world. There are many people that are raising support to come serve in Guatemala pray that they will receive the support needed.

It seams that nothing good comes without a few problems. My sister and her husband are still working on the paper work for the adoption of Cameron. Please be in prayer with us that the Lord will speed up all of the processes that the papers have to go through and that they will have all of the papers completed before the end of April. Pray also that there will not be any more problems. Pray that God will give them peace as they go through all of these problems.

Thank you for your prayers.

April 8, 2010

Hello Praying Friend

This week all of the teachers had to turn in the grades for the first two months.

Aunt Cindy and I worked on them all day yesterday. Thank the Lord I was able to give them to the director this morning. All of the children passed. Although there are a few that just barely passed. Pray for them that they will study for the next test and they will get a higher grade on it.

Thank you for your prayers.

April 2, 2010

Buenos Días Hermanos y Hermanas en Cristo.

Gracias por sus oración pro mi.

Good Day Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

Thank you for your prayers for me.

It is hard for me to believe that I have been here for 3 whole months. I will be honest I have had some days that I wished that I could go home. Not because I do not like it here, but because there are a lot of things happening at home this year that I am missing. I know that this is where that Lord wants me and because of that I would not trade my time here for anything. No one said that being a missionary was easy or that we would not miss our family and the things that happen at home. Sometimes I have to remind myself that Jesus left the most perfect place and the most wonderful father every. He came to a place that rejected him and put him to death. I thank the Lord that I am very loved and accepted here. I have many friends. There is one family that told me that while I am here they are my parents and brothers and sisters. So I now have four more sisters and two more brothers. And I am older than them all.

Anyway Everything is going very well here. We have had the whole week off from school because it is Holy week. Sunday is Easter and we are having a sunrise service. Then school starts again on Monday.

Please be in prayer for us as we are in the proses of renewing our visas. Uncle Ken and aunt Cindy need new passports also. Pray that they will get them quickly and without any problems.

Please continue to pray that my Spanish will continue to improve.

Continue to pray that my sister and her husband will get the paper work that they need back in the mail and they will be able to fly to Colombia on April 9th. Pray also that they will be able to see Cameron on April 13th as they are planing.

¡Dios Te Bendiga!

God Bless You!

Love in Christ your Sister Sarita.