July 8th

July 8^th – Day 1

I don’t even know where to begin to describe this experience. The first day and night of the trip I felt so many emotions and after about two hours of being in Guatemala I was done and ready to come home. It is quite funny, the parts of the trip I was so nervous about turned out to be the easiest parts..and the part I wasn’t worried about in the least was the reason I wanted to leave.

Things are so different here. When we came off the airplane in Guatemala and walked into the airport the heat literally took my breath away. There is no air in there so it was extremely hot. It took us about an hour or an hour and a half to go through customs and get our baggage…we were all drenched in sweat by the time we made it outside.

I wasn’t ready for outside like I thought I was. At first I was like, I made it, I got this. But then I started to look around and all I saw were people set up everywhere trying to sale things for a little money. Your heart can’t help but break for them, cry for them, scream for them. But there isn’t anything you can do…because if you say yes to one then you need to say yes to them all. You can’t just pick one, how is that fair. But how is it fair to say no.

My heart wasn’t prepared enough for what it witnessed and so it caught me off guard. It was broken…I was broken…and I wanted to leave immediately….I wanted to race home...back to a country where people receive help….a country where people receive government assistance…a country where young children don’t have to work just to help their parents survive…a country full of selfishness…a country full of spoiled rotten kids and adults…a country full of hate…a country that is focused more on popularity and wealth and self.. I wanted to run from it…but God said no! He brought me here….He brought this whole team here...and here we will stay…and here we will love…and here we will care…and here we will help…and here we will change the world one person at a time…but only through Him…always through Him.