Live from Zacapa!

A full day of travel and a full day in Zacapa have been accomplished! I cannot believe that it has already been three months since my last visit. Where to even begin, besides at the start. Traveling from Chicago to Guatemala City went without a hitch- thank goodness and just before the snow came? Oh Chicago. None off our luggage or dental equipment got lost and the security check points were not an issue. Allow me to introduce you to the team:

Donnie Stubblefield- Youth and International Missions Pastor for Crossroads Community Church; Conevisa land proposal information update, community update, leadership update

Angie Ardis- (my best friend’s momma) Youth Coordinator for Crossroads Community Church; all travel and logistical plans, volunteer dental clinic assistance

Mary Malik- active member at Crossroads Community Church; volunteer dental hygienist assistant

Brian O'Donovan- (aka Doc) His private practice, at the Fox Moor Plaza in Aurora, Illinois has been open for 27 years; the lead dentist along with Julio for the dental clinic

David Merlo- Graduate student at Judson; architecture of the Celeste Mission Center

Omar DeLeon- Pastor and missionary; leadership training and community liason

Julio and Mari- an incredible couple! They are from Guatemala and have joined our dental team!
Herbert- our mover and shaker... literally he is our transportation guru
Nilss, Karla, Nilssletto Morales- Nilss is our CALMS leader for the week, his wife and son joined us in Antigua. What a beautiful family

and myself- undergrad student at Loyola University Chicago; researching Conevisa, architecture/land updates, community updates, business plan, 501c3 information

As a group, we headed to Antigua for the evening (10-4-14). An absolutely beautiful city in “the bowl” of the volcanos. Check out the pictures!

"Mountain Cross"

Nillsletto informed me that there are 37 volcanos in Guatemala alone, as we were watching smoke puff from the top of one early this morning (10-5-14). For a church service, we went to the top of the “Mountain Cross” that overlooks Antigua. Again… check out the pictures! Our devotions for the week will be the readings from 1 Thessalonians. Then we were all off to Zacapa of which we will be staying at Pasabien Santa Cruz. We all made a game plan for the rest of the week and are ready to get the dental clinic up and running early this morning (10-6-14)

1 Thessalonians 1:2-10
Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians' Faith

Pastor Donnie