Hiiiiiii peeeps! This is Anna with the post-trip update!

The trip was amazing, thank you all so much for your prayer and support!

In a summary, we went to an incredible church called Vida Real on Sunday for easter. 

Monday-Thursday were missons days.

What we would do was get into sharing stations with a translator. In these stations people who had just seen the doctor would come and we would share the gospel and pray with them. Some people got to work in the pharmacy which was where the medicine was packaged and handed out to the people waiting in the sharing stations. Some people got to work with children, oh my gosh, Guatemalan children are so sweet and friendly, I loved working with them, even though they I could barely understand Spanish and only a few of them spoke any English. it was really cool to see how I could connect to the kids even with this language barrier. The barrier didn\'t seem too exist at times, we could perfectly understand each other. 

Each misson day was unique, it would take waaaaaay too long to explain all the details and everything God showed me, but one of the biggest ones was faith. Almost all of the christian women we ministered too (Yeah we minsitered to christians and non-christians alike.) had some struggle I could never have imagined, but they hold on to their faith, through poverty, abusive husbands, dying children, dying or dead parents, abandonment, and even those who had a catholic family that rejected them when they bacame a believer, they were joyus, brave, strong. I could tell I will see them again in heaven. 

Friday was Mt Pacaya and market day, but as many of you already know, Abbey and I didn\'t do those because we were sick. I have no clue what Abbey had, But I had a case of food poisoning, I actually got sick at a sharing station on Thursday. So I don\'t know what Pacaya or the market was like, sorry.

On Saturday I did manage to go to Casa Aleluya which is an orphanage, but it\'s not just for orphans, there are abandoned or abused children there. Children of mobsters or gangsters are protected there too. Those children were so amazing, they had joy and peace, they loved us too, literatly, we were claimed by them! Those kids were soooooo sweet. I got to play soccer with them and I realized I will never be a soccer player. Seriously, they beat me.... 

If you are considering a short term missons trip to Guatemamla I definitely suggest it. Do it, it will change your perspective on life!

-Anna :)

Hello, this is Abbey.

Anna kinda went over most of the trip, but I\'m gonna share anyway. 

Yeah we both got sick in Guatemala. Anna was throwing up for twelve hours. That was an adventure. I don\'t know what I had, but I was sick longer than Anna. I was still sick for a bit when we came back to the United States. But hey, through that experience I had time to think and realize that even though I was in Guatemala doing medical missions, God was the one making the actual mission happen.

I never went to the orphanage, but I did go to the market in Antigua. I got a machete.

I was personally impacted by Dr. Alb\'s devotions. I found out a lot about myself. I discovered where most of my fears come from, and how they keep me from moving where God wants me to move. I prayed a lot more on that trip than I typically do. Because of that, when I came back, I\'ve started to pray more daily.

I found out from others at the trip what people actually think of me. Which was a lot different from what I thought of myself. Knowing the good things people see in me that I don\'t, really encourged me. I\'ve become slightly more confident in how God made since we came back from Guatemala. 

Like Anna said before, some of the stories we heard in the sharing stations were powerful. The faith these people had was amazing. I actually ran into a few people who were struggling with their faith, or they didn\'t even know what they believed. We prayed for these people, and sometimes I think about them. I was never in sharing station where someone came to Christ, so when I think about them sometimes I pray for them. I\'d like to ask you guys to pray for the people in Guatemala. Pray for the culture. In the poorer parts of Guatemala there are a lot of broken homes. In most of the women\'s stories their husbands or sons became alcoholics. Typically after that they would leave the family. Pray that the church in Guatemala will grow as well.

I would aslo recomend going on this mission trip if any of you were considering it.

-Abbey

Hiiiiiii peeeps! This is Anna with the post-trip update!

The trip was amazing, thank you all so much for your prayer and support!

In a summary, we went to an incredible church called Vida Real on Sunday for easter. 

Monday-Thursday were missons days.

What we would do was get into sharing stations with a translator. In these stations people who had just seen the doctor would come and we would share the gospel and pray with them. Some people got to work in the pharmacy which was where the medicine was packaged and handed out to the people waiting in the sharing stations. Some people got to work with children, oh my gosh, Guatemalan children are so sweet and friendly, I loved working with them, even though they I could barely understand Spanish and only a few of them spoke any English. it was really cool to see how I could connect to the kids even with this language barrier. The barrier didn\'t seem too exist at times, we could perfectly understand each other. 

Each misson day was unique, it would take waaaaaay too long to explain all the details and everything God showed me, but one of the biggest ones was faith. Almost all of the christian women we ministered too (Yeah we minsitered to christians and non-christians alike.) had some struggle I could never have imagined, but they hold on to their faith, through poverty, abusive husbands, dying children, dying or dead parents, abandonment, and even those who had a catholic family that rejected them when they bacame a believer, they were joyus, brave, strong. I could tell I will see them again in heaven. 

Friday was Mt Pacaya and market day, but as many of you already know, Abbey and I didn\'t do those because we were sick. I have no clue what Abbey had, But I had a case of food poisoning, I actually got sick at a sharing station on Thursday. So I don\'t know what Pacaya or the market was like, sorry.

On Saturday I did manage to go to Casa Aleluya which is an orphanage, but it\'s not just for orphans, there are abandoned or abused children there. Children of mobsters or gangsters are protected there too. Those children were so amazing, they had joy and peace, they loved us too, literatly, we were claimed by them! Those kids were soooooo sweet. I got to play soccer with them and I realized I will never be a soccer player. Seriously, they beat me.... 

If you are considering a short term missons trip to Guatemamla I definitely suggest it. Do it, it will change your perspective on life!

-Anna :)

Hello, this is Abbey.

Anna kinda went over most of the trip, but I\'m gonna share anyway. 

Yeah we both got sick in Guatemala. Anna was throwing up for twelve hours. That was an adventure. I don\'t know what I had, but I was sick longer than Anna. I was still sick for a bit when we came back to the United States. But hey, through that experience I had time to think and realize that even though I was in Guatemala doing medical missions, God was the one making the actual mission happen.

I never went to the orphanage, but I did go to the market in Antigua. I got a machete.

I was personally impacted by Dr. Alb\'s devotions. I found out a lot about myself. I discovered where most of my fears come from, and how they keep me from moving where God wants me to move. I prayed a lot more on that trip than I typically do. Because of that, when I came back, I\'ve started to pray more daily.

I found out from others at the trip what people actually think of me. Which was a lot different from what I thought of myself. Knowing the good things people see in me that I don\'t, really encourged me. I\'ve become slightly more confident in how God made since we came back from Guatemala. 

Like Anna said before, some of the stories we heard in the sharing stations were powerful. The faith these people had was amazing. I actually ran into a few people who were struggling with their faith, or they didn\'t even know what they believed. We prayed for these people, and sometimes I think about them. I was never in sharing station where someone came to Christ, so when I think about them sometimes I pray for them. I\'d like to ask you guys to pray for the people in Guatemala. Pray for the culture. In the poorer parts of Guatemala there are a lot of broken homes. In most of the women\'s stories their husbands or sons became alcoholics. Typically after that they would leave the family. Pray that the church in Guatemala will grow as well.

I would aslo recomend going on this mission trip if any of you were considering it.

-Abbey

Hiiiiiii peeeps! This is Anna with the post-trip update!

The trip was amazing, thank you all so much for your prayer and support!

In a summary, we went to an incredible church called Vida Real on Sunday for easter. 

Monday-Thursday were missons days.

What we would do was get into sharing stations with a translator. In these stations people who had just seen the doctor would come and we would share the gospel and pray with them. Some people got to work in the pharmacy which was where the medicine was packaged and handed out to the people waiting in the sharing stations. Some people got to work with children, oh my gosh, Guatemalan children are so sweet and friendly, I loved working with them, even though they I could barely understand Spanish and only a few of them spoke any English. it was really cool to see how I could connect to the kids even with this language barrier. The barrier didn\'t seem too exist at times, we could perfectly understand each other. 

Each misson day was unique, it would take waaaaaay too long to explain all the details and everything God showed me, but one of the biggest ones was faith. Almost all of the christian women we ministered too (Yeah we minsitered to christians and non-christians alike.) had some struggle I could never have imagined, but they hold on to their faith, through poverty, abusive husbands, dying children, dying or dead parents, abandonment, and even those who had a catholic family that rejected them when they bacame a believer, they were joyus, brave, strong. I could tell I will see them again in heaven. 

Friday was Mt Pacaya and market day, but as many of you already know, Abbey and I didn\'t do those because we were sick. I have no clue what Abbey had, But I had a case of food poisoning, I actually got sick at a sharing station on Thursday. So I don\'t know what Pacaya or the market was like, sorry.

On Saturday I did manage to go to Casa Aleluya which is an orphanage, but it\'s not just for orphans, there are abandoned or abused children there. Children of mobsters or gangsters are protected there too. Those children were so amazing, they had joy and peace, they loved us too, literatly, we were claimed by them! Those kids were soooooo sweet. I got to play soccer with them and I realized I will never be a soccer player. Seriously, they beat me.... 

If you are considering a short term missons trip to Guatemamla I definitely suggest it. Do it, it will change your perspective on life!

-Anna :)

Hello, this is Abbey.

Anna kinda went over most of the trip, but I\'m gonna share anyway. 

Yeah we both got sick in Guatemala. Anna was throwing up for twelve hours. That was an adventure. I don\'t know what I had, but I was sick longer than Anna. I was still sick for a bit when we came back to the United States. But hey, through that experience I had time to think and realize that even though I was in Guatemala doing medical missions, God was the one making the actual mission happen.

I never went to the orphanage, but I did go to the market in Antigua. I got a machete.

I was personally impacted by Dr. Alb\'s devotions. I found out a lot about myself. I discovered where most of my fears come from, and how they keep me from moving where God wants me to move. I prayed a lot more on that trip than I typically do. Because of that, when I came back, I\'ve started to pray more daily.

I found out from others at the trip what people actually think of me. Which was a lot different from what I thought of myself. Knowing the good things people see in me that I don\'t, really encourged me. I\'ve become slightly more confident in how God made since we came back from Guatemala. 

Like Anna said before, some of the stories we heard in the sharing stations were powerful. The faith these people had was amazing. I actually ran into a few people who were struggling with their faith, or they didn\'t even know what they believed. We prayed for these people, and sometimes I think about them. I was never in sharing station where someone came to Christ, so when I think about them sometimes I pray for them. I\'d like to ask you guys to pray for the people in Guatemala. Pray for the culture. In the poorer parts of Guatemala there are a lot of broken homes. In most of the women\'s stories their husbands or sons became alcoholics. Typically after that they would leave the family. Pray that the church in Guatemala will grow as well.

I would aslo recomend going on this mission trip if any of you were considering it.

-Abbey

Hi, this is Anna! With a prayer list!

So this is our last update pre-trip, this week is crazy, we have to start packing, go to the final meeting, go to school, and our extracurricular activities.

So keep praying for us, we don\'t have to, but it would be nice to hit 100% of our goal.

Also, please pray for the rest of our team, we actually are more ahead in funding than they are, so pray that they get their money in time so they can go as well. 

The week of the trip please remember to pray for us every day, pray for our team, that we will have a powerful impact, not only on the lives of the Guatemalans, but eachothers as well,  our translators, that they will know what to say and how to say it with confidence, our doctors, that they will diagnose correctly and help us understand what the people are going through, our drivers, those roads are unpaved and a lot of times on the edge of a winding cliff, that our team stays healthy, the water down there is not safe for us to drink, there are parasites, and we are getting near malaria, saftey and smooth travel through the air port, we don\'t want any delays, and finally, we get back from the trip on Sunday and then go to school the next morning, so pray we can rest on that Sunday and stay awake and alert in school. 

So yeah... 

Thanks y\'all!!

-Anna :)

Yo this be Anna with another update!

So we need to be at 90% of funds by friday, pray for us and our team, we really do need a lot of prayer, and if you feel like giving, now would be a good time.

So, yeah, we will send you a update after the trip to tell you how it went.

Love y\'all

- Anna :)

Yo this be Anna with another update!

So we need to be at 90% of funds by friday, pray for us and our team, we really do need a lot of prayer, and if you feel like giving, now would be a good time.

So, yeah, we will send you a update after the trip to tell you how it went.

Love y\'all

- Anna :)

Yo this be Anna with another update!

So we need to be at 90% of funds by friday, pray for us and our team, we really do need a lot of prayer, and if you feel like giving, now would be a good time.

So, yeah, we will send you a update after the trip to tell you how it went.

Love y\'all

- Anna :)

Yo this be Anna with another update!

So we need to be at 90% of funds by friday, pray for us and our team, we really do need a lot of prayer, and if you feel like giving, now would be a good time.

So, yeah, we will send you a update after the trip to tell you how it went.

Love y\'all

- Anna :)

Yo this be Anna with another update!

So we need to be at 90% of funds by friday, pray for us and our team, we really do need a lot of prayer, and if you feel like giving, now would be a good time.

So, yeah, we will send you a update after the trip to tell you how it went.

Love y\'all

- Anna :)

Yo this be Anna with another update!

So we need to be at 90% of funds by friday, pray for us and our team, we really do need a lot of prayer, and if you feel like giving, now would be a good time.

So, yeah, we will send you a update after the trip to tell you how it went.

Love y\'all

- Anna :)

Yo this be Anna with another update!

So we need to be at 90% of funds by friday, pray for us and our team, we really do need a lot of prayer, and if you feel like giving, now would be a good time.

So, yeah, we will send you a update after the trip to tell you how it went.

Love y\'all

- Anna :)

Yo this be Anna with another update!

So we need to be at 90% of funds by friday, pray for us and our team, we really do need a lot of prayer, and if you feel like giving, now would be a good time.

So, yeah, we will send you a update after the trip to tell you how it went.

Love y\'all

- Anna :)

Yo this be Anna with another update!

So we need to be at 90% of funds by friday, pray for us and our team, we really do need a lot of prayer, and if you feel like giving, now would be a good time.

So, yeah, we will send you a update after the trip to tell you how it went.

Love y\'all

- Anna :)

Yo, this is Anna with another update! :)

Thanks to all you peeps for donating or supporting us prayer wise! 

We need to be at 90% of funds one week out from the trip, we are at 65% and 3 weeks from the trip.

So keep supporting us and praying for the rest of our team, Abbey and I have gone through all the necessary paperwork to go, and we have the packing list so we are preparing!!!

Update Y\'all later!

-Anna :) 

Hey Wassup!

Anna here, thank you for your prayer and financial support!

We\'re about a month out from the trip and we are at 56%

We got our vaccines and packing list and have been to our training sessions, so let\'s go!

Keep supporting us and praying for us!

-Anna :)

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!!!

We are over 50%! You guys are awsome!

Keep praying for us and the rest of our team, we are getting closer to the trip!

I\'m so excited!

Once again, thank you, there\'s no way we could do this without y\'all!

-Anna :)

Hey guys, 

Wanted to give another update about how preperation for the trip has been. We\'re all healed from the flu FYI.

Thanks again for all of you who donated within the past two weeks, and thank you also to all of you who\'ve donated recently!! we\'re now at 35% of our goal. That is an awesome jump from 9%! We had our first team meeting this past Sunday so we got to see some of the other people we\'d be gonig on the trip with. 

Thank you again:)

Abbey & Anna

Guatemala Missions Trip

March 31 - April 8

Hey guys, 

Wanted to give another update about how preperation for the trip has been. We\'re all healed from the flu FYI.

Thanks again for all of you who donated within the past two weeks, and thank you also to all of you who\'ve donated recently!! we\'re now at 35% of our goal. That is an awesome jump from 9%! We had our first team meeting this past Sunday so we got to see some of the other people we\'d be gonig on the trip with. 

Thank you again:)

Abbey & Anna

Guatemala Missions Trip

March 31 - April 8

Hey guys,

Anna and i just wanted to give an update of what\'s happening in preperation for the mission trip. The entire family caught the flu so the process of getting ready has been slowed down a bit.

Thank you to all of you who have given us financial support. Please give us your prayer support, we would greatly appreciate it!  We\'re approxamtely around 9-10% of our goal.  So, we still have a little ways to go. 

Enjoy the big game Sunday night!

Abbey & Anna

Guatemala Missions Trip

March 31 - April 8

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