Ladies Bible Study again and the Obreros Visit to the City

Again this week we took the ladies Bible study group on the road. We had a smaller goup this week so I was able to ride in the cab of the truck this time. I wasn't necessarily more comfortable since I was sharing the back seat with three other people, but at least it was cleaner!

This week we visited a family who live a good hour's drive from town. We traveled on very rough road way up into the mountains.

Pedro and Rosa (there are a lot of Rosas here!) live right off the "main" (only) road so we didn't need to hike at all.
Kris is standing in the family's front yard. The family has a one room, adobe brick house with a kitchen attached. The little wooden building behind Kris is for storing corn.

This is the kitchen. I tried to take a picture of the inside, but it was too dark. There was a huge pile of corn in there as well as an open fire.


Pedro and Rosa have three children, but I wasn't sure which children were theirs! There were quite a few kids around, nieces and nephews or more distant relatives.
There isn't much in the way of entertainment for the kids-at least not the kind of entertainment that we are used to. They have no electricity, no games, I didn't see any paper, pencils or coloring books. There certainly wasn't any lego, dolls or anything like that! These girls were content to watch the cows being herded down the road.

As honored guests, we were invited to sit inside the house. The entire family sleeps in the one room, and there was only one bed (don't picture the bed looking anything like your bed at home!!) so the children would sleep on the floor, or the benches we were sitting on.

Above our heads, the corn was hung to dry.

Once again it was a great opportunity to visit people in their homes.

Wednesday, Wilf and Nico headed to the city with the Obreros (the Bible teachers). Since our family and the K's will be leaving in June, the church needs a pastor. We had suggested to the Obreros that they join the Presbyterian denomination. The denomination is fairly large here and not only would they have fellowship with other believers, but they have hopes of getting a Guat. pastor as well. Wilf and Nico went with the obreros to the city to meet with some members of the Presbyterian church.

There is one paved road from Cub. to the city. As the crow flies, we are pretty close to the city. Of course all the mountains make it difficult to actually get there!! We always take the paved road, however now that it is the dry season, this other route is faster. Wilf said that the road is rough, but the scenery is beautiful. Apparently you can see the two volcanoes that surround the city as soon as you get out of our valley!

Before the meeting with the Pres., they took the Obreros to visit the zoo! They hadn't been to a zoo before, and many of them didn't even know the names of some of the animals.

Here are the Obreros! Two of the men are involved in the church in town (one preaches on the radio each day), and each of the others has the responsibility of the church in their village. Please pray for them, as Satan is never content to leave church leadership alone! Pray that they will be bold and wise as they seek to work the truths of Jesus's teaching into the lives of many here in Guatemala.