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| 0600 Wake up call ~ Guate style |
Visions and dreams are now materializing into solid form.
Pray big, run towards the goal like everything depends on you, and trust in God
because you understand that what needs to happen can only happen by His grace
and power. Take a mariachi band for example… if you see just one of these guys
walking through a store, you may think he looks a bit ridiculous. But when all
the pieces come together, it is an incredible way to start your final day in
Guatemala!
Our group is on our way out and a new missions team is now
in place here at Mimi’s House. Edgar just loaded our bags in the truck and we
approach our 4:30 departure to the airport. The Breiel Missions Team has
already booked next year and I am fly on the wall listening to their
discussions of ongoing support. Lives were changed this week and the challenge
of missional living has been issued.
This morning I was thrilled to accompany Fontaine as we
dropped Julissa off to art school and we drove to the school where Kellie will
teach and our children will attend, CAG. Things are starting to feel very real
now, and it is a welcome relief. It is good to see the brick and mortar that
will cradle our days. We also drove past some possible properties that will
potentially be home for our family and the children we take in. I was thrilled
when we by chance encountered the principal of the school and I was able to
meet his family and discuss our arrival next summer. The school is in need of
English teachers, and Kellie’s resume’ is a perfect fit.
Fontaine and I discussed what Catalyst Resources
International will look like when the Shepherd family comes to land. I called
Kellie to relay the conversation to her and our hearts danced together. God is
awesome. Things are falling into place that my hands could never lift. Our
dream and calling to one day hold orphans and find them forever homes can be
realized much quicker than we ever anticipated.
Continue to pray big prayers for us that God opens the
necessary doors. Pray big for us that hearts will be open by those who are
willing to become a part of this blessing.
Kellie and I return to Guatemala in 49 days. We will have
our 3 children with us: Caleb (11), Aleksandra (8), and Sterling (17 months).
We will tour the schools, meet the teachers & see our classrooms. We will
be introduced to the missional community here near San Cristobal, and we will
began to plan where we will live and began our ministry. We are overflowing with
joy at the prospect of taking in those who were without hope and extending them
towards forever families and the love of God. Our ministry will be threefold:
rescuing abandoned children, home construction & community building, and
education. We seek to provide generational change to the people of Guatemala,
one life at a time, through the example and love of Jesus.
Come with us. The journey is amazing.
See ya in 49 days!
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