Celebrate!

We finished our time here with a celebration with Pastor Oscar, Judy, his wife and their 6 children. Pastor Oscar has been on several of the outreaches with us and has been a great blessing to Nancy and I. We decided to do something out of the ordinary for them so we bought Pizza Hut and brought a birthday cake. It was a real treat for them and so fun for us.

We sang Happy Birthday so many times that the candles melted into the cake. We danced and sang many songs together. In between the pizza and cake we installed a water filter in their home.

My time in the Peten has been a time to see old friends and meet new ones. Although it was not without challenges. The day to day things in itself are complicated and are a thousand stories in itself. The heat, the bugs, the water, the stomach flu and finding things; like the orthopedic surgeon after Nancy broke her foot. Asking directions, for those of you who do, is more complicated due to the language barrier. Even sometimes you just want a pretzel and they are no where to be found! Things we take for granted, normal every day things are not the same outside our borders.

Celebrate your life today! Thank God you have running water, bug spray, medicine to stop the stomach flu, a Doctor who speaks your language. Signs that point you in the right direction and people who you can understand and they understand you. It is even good to be thankful when you eat a pretzel!

Thanks for sending me to the Nations! Next stop Romania April 1.