Guatemala - the most difficult country, but also the greatest experience ever!
As we were preparing to depart for Guatemala, we knew that there was a hard time lying ahead of us...an ultimate challenge waiting for us. We didn't know what to expect on a spiritual level but we knew that we it was going to be a busy schedule with a combination of hard physical work and a lot of teachings at night. We were prepared for a lack of sleep, but not for what actually happened.
As our time in Guatemala started a lot of us were affected by the spiritual stronghold in various ways. Some couldn't sleep, some had headaches and I went through a hard time of not really knowing what's going on. Some days I felt really happy and the next moment I would feel angry and sad and there really wasn't any good reason for it. Through all this the orange team went through a difficult time and that was a hard struggle on it's own.
The teachings were really interesting and it sure got us thinking! We also had the opportunity to visit a witches' cave and we learned a lot about the spiritual world. As our time in Guatemala came to an end we had an intense two days of teachings that turned out to be life changing. Every heart and every life was touched and improved and some of us were totally created into new beings...into the new creations that God promised in the his Word:
Therefore, whoever is in Christ,
is a new creation; the old has gone,
and the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17
We experienced God's love on a deeper level and what it is like to truly walk in the Spirit. Guatemala, and that happened here, couldn't have come at a better time. We needed our lives enriched with God's love and Word before we departed on a Luke 10 journey. Everyone that was involved in our ministry time in Guatemala made a deep and lasting impact on our lives. They showed us what the church and the body of Christ is all about. They showed us how to truly love your brothers and sisters as yourself. They blessed us more than they will ever know!
The orange team was saved by God's love and grace and now we're prepared to depart on the journey of a lifetime! We're ready to seek out God's plan for us for this trip and to see where he is going to take us and to experience what he wants to show us...we're ready to just follow God, wherever he leads us! We are expecting great things to happen in Mexico.
With love from the orange team,
Elzet