| GUATEMALA Multi-Purpose Mission January 2009 |
Twenty members and friends of CCUMC will depart in the (very)
early hours of January 17th, bound for Guatemala. Upon arrival
we will board our team bus for Chichicastenango, a 4 hour drive
which will provide an interesting view of many aspects of this
beautiful country. We will stay at the Hotel Santo Tomas where
previous CCUMC teams have stayed. Nine members of this team
have traveled on previous CCUMC Guatemala mission trips to
Camanchaj and are eager to return! Our Team Leader is
Aubrey Lunsford. Pam Rance is Co-Lead. Both were
members of the Guatemala November 2007 team.
This mission has several important goals:
1. We are traveling with a large donation of medications - enough to open a medical clinic in Cunen. This is
a wonderful new initiative of Salud y Paz in the highlands area. The building is ready. A donation has been
made to provide a doctor's salary for two days a week. They are waiting for this shipment of medications to
get up and running. We are glad we can help with this important step!
2. Two Guatemalan teachers have been hired for the opening of the Susanna Wesley Preschool in
Camanchaj. Our Traveling Missions Endowment has provided a scholarship to send Tara Peterson with this
team to provide instruction in the curriculum material which has been developed by Joan Harvey. Much hard
work has gone into the preparation of this curriculum and we look forward to the miracles that a quality
preschool education will provide in the lives of these children and their families. We are carrying a lot of
preschool material, books, hoodie sweatshirts, bears. The preschool has received some wonderful
donations from our congregation! Also, please note that all donations we received from the brunch are
applied to building materials and other preschool needs.
3. The list of chores to prepare the preschool for opening is long: install chalkboards and bulletin boards,
shelves, install a new washer / dryer, refrigerator and gas stove. Phil promises there will be a few
"surprises" for the team....we love surprises! Of course there is still cement to be mixed and cement block to
be stacked up on the 2nd floor. There is always more than any one team can accomplish and we will need
to prioritize.
4. Lastly, we will be celebrating the opening of the preschool and the first classroom of children. The party
will take place on Saturday, January 24th so we will have that to look forward to as we work very hard all
week.
Watch this site for our daily updates - and a few photos.
We thank the congregation for their encouragement and prayers.
early hours of January 17th, bound for Guatemala. Upon arrival
we will board our team bus for Chichicastenango, a 4 hour drive
which will provide an interesting view of many aspects of this
beautiful country. We will stay at the Hotel Santo Tomas where
previous CCUMC teams have stayed. Nine members of this team
have traveled on previous CCUMC Guatemala mission trips to
Camanchaj and are eager to return! Our Team Leader is
Aubrey Lunsford. Pam Rance is Co-Lead. Both were
members of the Guatemala November 2007 team.
This mission has several important goals:
1. We are traveling with a large donation of medications - enough to open a medical clinic in Cunen. This is
a wonderful new initiative of Salud y Paz in the highlands area. The building is ready. A donation has been
made to provide a doctor's salary for two days a week. They are waiting for this shipment of medications to
get up and running. We are glad we can help with this important step!
2. Two Guatemalan teachers have been hired for the opening of the Susanna Wesley Preschool in
Camanchaj. Our Traveling Missions Endowment has provided a scholarship to send Tara Peterson with this
team to provide instruction in the curriculum material which has been developed by Joan Harvey. Much hard
work has gone into the preparation of this curriculum and we look forward to the miracles that a quality
preschool education will provide in the lives of these children and their families. We are carrying a lot of
preschool material, books, hoodie sweatshirts, bears. The preschool has received some wonderful
donations from our congregation! Also, please note that all donations we received from the brunch are
applied to building materials and other preschool needs.
3. The list of chores to prepare the preschool for opening is long: install chalkboards and bulletin boards,
shelves, install a new washer / dryer, refrigerator and gas stove. Phil promises there will be a few
"surprises" for the team....we love surprises! Of course there is still cement to be mixed and cement block to
be stacked up on the 2nd floor. There is always more than any one team can accomplish and we will need
to prioritize.
4. Lastly, we will be celebrating the opening of the preschool and the first classroom of children. The party
will take place on Saturday, January 24th so we will have that to look forward to as we work very hard all
week.
Watch this site for our daily updates - and a few photos.
We thank the congregation for their encouragement and prayers.
| After several previous CCUMC and other construction teams, the pre-school's first floor in Camanchaj is usable, and nearly complete |
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