A Day of Worship!

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior,

What an incredible day in the LORD! We truly were served today rather than us doing the serving. We began the day first with a good breakfast of eggs,pancakes, and some fresh coffee! O my how good the coffee is! Fresh, smooth, and delicious! I have been drinking way too much of it! Anyway, we had the opportunity to go to Manuel's church this morning. He is one of the native Guatemalans working with Groundwork. It was an amazing experience. We were greeted at the door, but not as outsiders as fellow worshipers of our Lord and Savior! It was truly neat as the service went along because we seemed to take a journey. we began with more reflective music that was more of our call out to God. And then there was a shift and we moved into a time of absoulute praise. The music changed, the tempo changed, and we all began to greet oneanother. There was no difference between us we were all one in spirit. And then we rejoiced in more song. There was even some liturgical dance which was inspiring. It was neat how many of the Guatemalans came forward and began to dance and sing and just seemed to want to be closer in the presence of God. As things began to taper down and we heard a word of the Lord some of the people dropped to their knees. And as they did, whether to pray or out of desperate emotion, there were others who cared for them. Some of the women were covered with shawls. Others were embraced and prayed over. It was incredible how the community of believers took care of one another today! And we were in the midst of it all. I think I can safely say that whether this was our style of worship or not it was an experience that not only overwhelmed us but encouraged us for the work we will do tomorrow and the rest of this week. We spent the rest of the day eating some delicious guacamoli made by Sheila's secret recipie. (essentialy fresh avacados and a bunch of other stuff that we have no idea what amount was placed inside and all we know is we ate the entire large bowl of it!) Then we unpacked and sorted our 22 bins of supplies and had a time of devotion tonight. As we head to bed we are filled with God's Spirit and with some trepidation going into what for most of us will be a whole new experience of visiting people in their homes here. Pray that we would have a spirit of power and of truth!

Smiling In Christ,

Chad Elfe, and the Team!