What a fabulous Work & Witness Mission!

The days between January 15th and 27th of 2007 were filled with opportunities, work, witnessing and divine miracles. The community of La Esperanza Chilatz is just north of Cobán, Guatemala. The team consisted of 52 persons from 4 states and 16 churches.

In addition to errecting the 2nd largest Church of the Nazarene facility in Central America, we did a dental clinic, a medical clinic, a 4 day Bible School and some 15 skills workshops. We gave out 78 certificates of completion of training.

People responded readily to the altar calls following the evening preaching services. We also had the privilege of leading the community leader and his wife to the Lord, after being invited to his new home.

By sending funds down ahead of our arrival, the local congregation had managed to get the walls up and the trusses on. We managed to get the roof on the facility and pour the cement flour and platform. We also installed the lighting system and ran the wires to the outlets (some of which were operative). But the only electricity in the area had to be supplied by generators.

After returning we were able to send down enough money to bring the public utility electrical lines to the church. At a community wide meeting the locals accepted the challenge of hooking up the Roman Catholic Church, the school, the Cardamom drying warewhouse and several other Evangelical Churches to the electrical system.

So the work continues. There are plans to assist in the building of a furniture factory so that the people can continue to expand their employment base.   Other teams are encouraged to assist in the finishing of this project.  They are plastering the walls inside and out and will need to tile the floor.  They also envision placing a terrasa on the front to serve as a front porch and a roof for the parsonage that doesn't spoil the appearance.