Pictures from Rebeca

Here are the pictures Rebeca sent me today showing the Ash from the Volcano covering the streets of Guatemala City.

This is a picture of Rebeca pointing out the Ash covering the streets in Guatemala City

Guatemala Update

I thought I would quick write an update on here just letting everyone know what has been happening in Guatemala over the weekend. First the Pacya Volcano near Guatemala City has errupted covering many areas with ash and now Tropical Storm Agatha has hit Guatemala, causing mud slides, floods and a giant Sink hole in the city (pictures are all over the internet). I sent an email earlier to Rebeca de Franco, our contact at the Lutheran Hour Ministries office in Guatemala, I wanted to let her know we were praying for them and hoped she was safe. I recieved an email from her a little bit ago letting me know she was safe, as well as the rest of the staff at the office. I'm going to copy and paste her email to this post. She has sent me a couple of pictures showing ash covering the city from the volcano and then there is also a link to see some flooding damage to one of towns near one of the Lutheran Churchs.

Blessings dear friends.

Thank you for your concer about us. Praise the Lord we are fine. The members of the staff are fine too. The volcano sand rain was tremundus in the city The volcano sand rain in the city was tremendus,as you can see in the pictures I´m attaching.
Aprox. 2,000 people were evacuated from 7 small villages around the volcano to shelters that the city hall open to help them.

1924 people people have been evacuated from 7 small villages around the volcano

1,865 people are in seven shelters were located in three municipalities.

4 transferred to medical centers for various reasons from the volcano.

We have another problem: toment Agatha, most all the deparments in our country have inundation problems. Pastor Luis Jasinto form The Resurrection Lutheran church in Gualán send me and e-mail saying that this church is now a shelter to help people whos were living beside the motagua river that grow taking everything. So, some members of this church lost everything they had, also parents of the students of this lutheran school, pastor Jasinto is requesting help; cloth, food and pure water. If your church want to help with some donations please contact us. If you want to sse the pictures that pastor Jasinto sent us, visit this place:
http://www.kodakgallery.com.es/ShareLanding.action?c=3b4hkokdl.1247qk7m9&x=0&y=-2sj8f1&localeid=es_ES


Thank you for your prayers, we need them.

We need YOUR SHIRTS...

We need YOUR SHIRTS...the team is still currently in need of donations of white adult sized t-shirts. This is our biggest need for this years trip. T-shirts can be dropped off at the church office during office hours or can be brought to Heins Halls and put in the Plastic tubs marked Guatemala Mission Trip.

• 303 Small
• 397 Medium
• 222 Large
• 40 XL

We are also still in need of the following items as well:

• 776 Plain Pencils
• Boxed Pencils for 39 Teachers (2 boxes each)
• Boxed Pens for 39 Teachers (2 boxes each)
• Boxed Erasers for 39 Teachers (1 box each)

Meet some more of the kids...

Here are some more photos sent to us by Rebeca of kids we will get the privilege to work with this summer. These are 5th and 6th graders of an area Elementary School we will be visiting.

Meet the kids from Santiago Zamora

I recieved an email last week from Rebeca our contact in Guatemala and she attached some pictures for us of the kids we will be working with in Santiago Zamora this summer. These are the kids that attend World's Redeemer Lutheran School, we will be working with these kids for 2 days while on the trip.

Update on Dance

We are very sad to announce that the Candy Land Family Dance that was to be held this coming Saturday has been cancelled due to a lack of interest. If you purchased tickets please contact Brian Kleman at 810-341-3385.

We are still in need of donations of items for the trip. We have two tubs in Heins Hall where items can places at any time. There is an updated list on our website www.faithmissiontrips.com

Updated Donation List

Here is an updated list of the items we need for our trip this year. We are still collecting these items, there are two tubs in Heins Halls marked Guatemala Mission Trip where you can drop off these items at any time.

UPDATED 5/11/2010

• 303 Adult Small White T-Shirts
• 397 Adult Medium White T-Shirts
• 222 Adult Large White T-Shrits
• 40 Adult X-Large White T-Shirts
• 776 Plain Pencils
• Boxed Pencils for 39 Teachers (2 Boxes each)
• Boxed Pens for 39 Teachers (2 Boxes each)
• Boxed Erasers for 39 Teachers (2 Boxes each)