🌎 Leaving for Guatemala
General ·For the past three months, I’ve been preparing to go on missions – the time has come!
I cannot believe the day is here. I’m currently writing this on my flight to LAX. The last time I was on a plane was last March, coming home from Irvine due to the pandemic. It really does feel like a new normal.
💻 Prep in a Paragraph
The reason I’m flying to LAX is because I’ve been in Norcal for the entire duration of our preparation – once I land it will be the first time our entire team is together! Prep has looked like lots of zoom meetings, text messages, and Google Docs. This past couple of weeks our team has been able to meet together in person, which is awesome! Honestly though, it has been challenging for me since I continue to join remotely, with some of my team members I have yet to meet in person. These weeks have taught me to surrender my circumstances to God, to not complain nor worry, but to trust that God knows what He is doing!
📝 The Plan
Because I’ve never broken it down for y’all, here’s what we are doing. Also, in the weekdays we have morning prayer (we are each leading a devotional), as well as debriefs in the evening.
🚙 Now-Friday
Six hours flying, six hours driving, and then we’ll be in Cobán!
⛪ Saturday-Sunday
Dress rehearsal and attending Sunday service. Games team will check out what we are working with so we can improvise, adapt, overcome.
🥳 Monday-Wednesday
We’ll be kicking off our Vacation Bible School (VBS) on Monday! We are doing two sessions per day, one for La Gracia Church, and another for the AMI International School. The AMI International School VBS will be short, ending on Wednesday.
🤙🏽 Thursday-Friday
We will continue doing our Vacation Bible School for La Gracia. For the rest of the day we will be evangelising at a nearby village. I’ll be miles out of my comfort zone.
👋🏽 Saturday
Fly back!
🙏🏽 Prayer
- First of all PRAISE GOD that the logistics have been amazing so far. Not that it’s smooth, but so many challenges have been overcome and we are BLESSED. From heavy luggage to last-minute passports, I’m glad to say that as I write this, we have all made it to our gate at LAX.
- Safe flight and save drive to Cobán.
- For our team’s rest! It has been a long day
I’ll try to push out shorter, daily updates on this blog!
Peace, Nathaniel Louis Tisuela