Side note: My apologies in a late blog...I've been a little under the weather the past few days!
Wow. What a week it has been. In my last post I shared a little about the crazy weather experiences here in Guatemala. On May 27th, a volcano about 45 minutes from where we are erupted sending black ash across Guatemala City and its surrounding areas. Little did we know how big of an impact that would have. Furthermore, tropical storm Agatha caused major flooding around Guatemala. Streets were wiped away, houses demolished from huge mudslides. The president of Guatemala declared the country in a state of emergency for 15 days. Bridges collapsed and as many of you have seen, the weather caused a giant sink hole in zone 2 of Guatemala City- 61 ft wide and 100 ft. deep. So many of our friends at the church were affected. Some lost their roofs, others water damage, and some lost everything.
Pacaya errupting on May 27th
Street torn from mudslide
Because of the weather, the team from Georgia that was supposed to be with us was not able to fly in because the airport was closed for a week. Thankfully they were able to reschedule though. So, without a team for 3 weeks, we spent some of this past week helping clean the church from water damage and ash. Hundreds of pounds of ash were shoveled, by hand, off the roof. Guatemalans are some of the hardest working, most dedicated people I've ever met. How many church pastors would get up on their roof for hours to shovel off dirt?
Dave, Debbie and I will continue helping with relief efforts when possible. If you would like to donate DIRECTLY to Dave and Debbie which will go DIRECTLY to relief efforts (we are trying to raise money to rebuild a roof for a woman who lost everything) please contact the Assemblies of God World Missions and give the following account number 2395192-Class 45 (it is a special account for relief work). Or you can give online here... under the comment section put "Class 45"
Thank you for your continued prayers!
Wow. What a week it has been. In my last post I shared a little about the crazy weather experiences here in Guatemala. On May 27th, a volcano about 45 minutes from where we are erupted sending black ash across Guatemala City and its surrounding areas. Little did we know how big of an impact that would have. Furthermore, tropical storm Agatha caused major flooding around Guatemala. Streets were wiped away, houses demolished from huge mudslides. The president of Guatemala declared the country in a state of emergency for 15 days. Bridges collapsed and as many of you have seen, the weather caused a giant sink hole in zone 2 of Guatemala City- 61 ft wide and 100 ft. deep. So many of our friends at the church were affected. Some lost their roofs, others water damage, and some lost everything.
Pacaya errupting on May 27th
Street torn from mudslide
Because of the weather, the team from Georgia that was supposed to be with us was not able to fly in because the airport was closed for a week. Thankfully they were able to reschedule though. So, without a team for 3 weeks, we spent some of this past week helping clean the church from water damage and ash. Hundreds of pounds of ash were shoveled, by hand, off the roof. Guatemalans are some of the hardest working, most dedicated people I've ever met. How many church pastors would get up on their roof for hours to shovel off dirt?
Dave, Debbie and I will continue helping with relief efforts when possible. If you would like to donate DIRECTLY to Dave and Debbie which will go DIRECTLY to relief efforts (we are trying to raise money to rebuild a roof for a woman who lost everything) please contact the Assemblies of God World Missions and give the following account number 2395192-Class 45 (it is a special account for relief work). Or you can give online here... under the comment section put "Class 45"
Thank you for your continued prayers!
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