FBC Ozona, TX July 2019 Team

Back at the end of July (yes, I realize it is mid-September and I am slacking on my blog) we hosted another team from First Baptist Church Ozona, TX.  This team was led by retired IMB missionaries Mark and Debby Fricke.  They served here for many years before retiring back in late 2015.  Mark is now pastoring FBC and for the second year now has brought teams down from his church to work with us.  It has been a joy to serve alongside them.  Mark worked in the departments of Zacapa and Chiquimula while on the mission field so that has been the areas we have taken his teams back to.  They spent their week working in schools, making home visits, and leading two services.  They lead a service in Rio Hondo on Sunday night and the afternoon service in Nearar on Wednesday.  Here are some photos from their trip.

Having their first evening meal at Pizza Burger Diner in Chiquimula.  Miguel got to join them some during the week. 

playing games with some school kids

The school kids opening their gift bags to see what was inside.  The ladies on the team were teachers so this year on the school visits they focused on literacy and passed out Spanish readers to every child.  They also gave out school supplies and resources to the teachers.  The kids squealed with joy to each receive their very own book.  It is always good when you can get kids excited about reading.

Tammy and her husband David have been down two years in a row.  We love getting to serve with them.

a school visit

more games at another school

singing songs with the kids

passing out readers

happy kids

having a lunch meal with Miguel's family

making a home visit

visiting with Bro. Fito and his family

Mark worked with this pastor and church for many years.

Visiting the church in Nearar. 

the team with the pastor and his family in Nearar

a home visit

This is Luz, the pastor's wife in Nearar.  They recently had a baby boy.   They have four girls so finally having a boy was very exciting for them.  We are so thrilled for this sweet little addition to their family.

The team returned to Guatemala City on a Thursday and the boys and I were able to join them for the night at our mission house.  We, sadly, did not get to go out with them during the week so having a little time together at the end of the week was great.

We hosted them in Antigua on Friday and enjoyed showing them around.  They had an overnight flight back home so David dropped them off at the airport later that night.  We are glad that they chose to come down again and look forward to having them back in future.