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God blessed us with a very easy trip home! We got back without any problems. No baggage was lost, we were able to make our connecting flight despite our short layover, and no one had any difficulties in customs. We had a two and a half hour flight from Guatemala to Miami where we said goodbye to Linda. We then flew into Detroit from Miami and arrived somewhere around 10:30 Sunday evening. It also sounds like Chris and pat are feeling better after being a little sick at the end of the trip. Thank you everyone for the many prayers and for all the support you gave us along the way. God bless! Here are a few pictures from the trip: The local school where we publicized our class  The church sanctuary where we had the health and hygiene had bible lessons One of the many amazing dinners we had. This is a Guatemalan style enchalada The in progress construction where we added the black roofing you see in the top right 
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Finishing up

Today we got all our painting done. We painted the sanctuary And a few other areas. Later in the day we helped with the weekly kids club at the Church. The kids come in the afternoon, they have a catechism class, sing songs, then we did a puppet show and skit, and then they stay for a whole to play around in the yard behind the Church. They played jump rope, Frisbee, and a lot of soccer. Once the kids all left we say down got dinner and our nightly team meeting and devotion. We went up to pack and go to sleep. We have a long day of flying again tomorrow. We'll be home soon!
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A Little Vacation

Yesterday (Thursday) we got out roofing project all finished. We also had another 50 kids come for the health and hygiene class.  We got started on painting and then finished the day with a nice dinner of ribs (and very good ones I might add). Today (Friday) we got to take a break from working and we went into Antigua, the original capital of Guatemala, and explored the area a bit. First we visited a coffee plantation were we got a tour through a music museum on the history of music in Guatemala, then we got a tour through the process of growing and roasting coffee beans. Then we went to the public market to explore and buy anything that caught our eye. Once we were done in the market we drove to the public square in Antigua to get ice cream and then returned back to Amatitlan. Sadly Chris Burgess was feeling sick today and was unable to go with us on the tour day, so keep him in your prayers for him to get better. We just have one more day of of painting and teaching the kids before
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The Work Begins

Yesterd ay (Tuesday) we got to see the whole compound where we are staying at. We were shown the roofing project we would be working on and a few people went into town to buy supplies for it . After a little but of trial and error, we got the roofing started . Yesterday we also had the health and hygiene class on hand washing for the children and adults . A few people on the team went down to the local school to publicize that they would be having the class and 60 kids and 6 adults came . We also got an AMAZING dinner of pot roast with rice and fresh tortillas . Today (Wednesday) we started back on the project. We had to make a trip into town to get some more supplies, as it seems we will also have to do tomorrow as well,  and we just about finished the roof. Luckily we got ever thing put away just before the rain started and the roof held. All we have left to do is ad one more sheet to finish the roof as well as adding the gutter. Today the health and hygiene class was on germs
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The Trip Begins

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Yesterday, God blessed us with a safe and easy flight to Dallas and then to Gautemala City. We arrived on time and without any mishaps. When we landed in Guatemala, after almost 3 hours in a plane, we got an exotic dinner of.... fried chicken. We then met up with Linda at the airport and had an hour long drive to the church we will be working at. During the drive, Jacob shared the first nightly devotion on 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. We quickly unpacked and went off to sleep. This morning we will be looking at what we are working on to get a better idea of what we are doing. Keep us in your prayers and God bless!
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Here's the Gautamala 1813 Team. Only eleven days till we leave!
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Welcome to the Blog

Welcome to the blog for the 2018 Guatemala Construction, Health & Hygiene Team! We are a group of 11 from St Paul Lutheran Church in Northville, Michigan from ages 16 to 76.  We will be led by Barbara Hoffmeier, a Team Leader trained and supported by MOST Ministries. We will leave on April 2nd and return on the 8 th. We are committed to serving the people of Amatilan with our Host Dr Elroy. He maintains a Health Clinic there and also leads a church group. Our mission is to help with some maintenance projects at the facility and teach Health and Hygiene Classes to adults and children. We will stay at the mission, which is our work-site. We will work along side the members of the church and hope to encourage them with their work in the community. Please pray for our team as we prepare for this trip and that our efforts will be productive for the mission there. Also, that the people we will be in contact with will be encouraged in their faith and others in the commu
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