by Trinity UMC | Apr 30, 2020 | Guatemala Mission Trip
A point of view from Mitch Grunsky: Waking up in a nice hotel room was really awesome, but I found myself wishing I was still at the Bethesda Clinic enjoying coffee with my fellow missioners. The outside world was already starting to creep in with talk of “they are...
by Trinity UMC | Apr 29, 2020 | Guatemala Mission Trip
A point of view from Rick Stone: After a Sunday afternoon of organizing pills into dispensable plastic bags and four days of clinics within one to two hours of Quetzaltenango, commonly called Xela (“Shay’-la), today was our day to see a little of Guatemala as...
by Trinity UMC | Apr 28, 2020 | Guatemala Mission Trip
“Last Clinic Day” A point of view from Trena Bass: Truly, His mercies, in multiple forms, are new every morning no matter the location! Natural views, His Word, worship songs and my favorite, coffee … I mean, my teammates! Another morning meant another...
by Trinity UMC | Apr 27, 2020 | Guatemala Mission Trip
A point of view from Richard Murrell: “Two Are Better” – This is the title of Our Daily Bread devotion for March 6, the day before the team left for Guatemala. It is based on Ecclesiastes 4:9 “Two are better than one, because they have a good return...
by Trinity UMC | Apr 26, 2020 | Guatemala Mission Trip
A point of view from Dale Barwick: On the morning of March 10th, our group traveled by van through mountainous terrain to the village of Cabrican, Xela. When we arrived at the church which was to be our clinic site, a throng of men, women and children already filled...
by Trinity UMC | Apr 25, 2020 | Guatemala Mission Trip
“TOTONICOPAN” A point of view from Meg Creech: As we had traveled many hours together – GUATEMALA TIME (which is much longer than American time!)– by “PAL VAN”, planes, and vans, we were getting comfortable and having a great time getting to know each...