Faces from G2 2018 Our team

It was a busy week.    We have stories, photos and videos to share.   Sometimes a video gives a better view at how things went. I had a lot of fun with a GoPro, recording in real time and time lapse. Each day we had to the trucks with the materials to build homes,…

by Rick Fulton The Grace team did an amazing job of fitting wheelchairs this week! Our first distribution (Friday) was west of Salama in the town of Rabinal. We had to drive about an hour west through the windy mountain roads to reach our destination.   The Mayor of Rabinal was present to encourage the group…

By Megan Lehman The time is here. We are on our first flight of the day, back to Atlanta. I cannot believe this week came and went so fast! We saw God move in amazing ways. My mom reminded me of a story not long before we left for Guatemala. In high school, I was determined…

by Rick Fulton Two of our project days I had the joy to lead the stove building team. As other groups built a home or did home visits, Saul from Bethel would drive us to install the solar panel and LED lights. I would lead in removing the old and building the new stove. Each of the…

by Annette Fulton A unique aspect of this week has been the presence of the Mayor’s office. The mayor, or assistant mayor,  or the wife of the mayor have attended or supported each aspect of our projects. Representatives and social workers from his office have joined us as we built homes, went on family visits…

 By the Grace of God by Megan Lehman Today was our last day in Salama and it’s a complete tornado of emotion. I spent the day with our team doing home visits, meeting some of the people who are living in extreme poverty. We saw children, parents, and grandparents who were living in ways I…

Turning the Spanish Off by Megan Lehman As one of the only Spanish speakers on our team, I have been having a great time with the challenge of playing translator. With us this week we have the son of one of the Guatemalan pastors who work for Bethel, Danny. Danny speaks only Spanish, so I…

by Megan Lehman Today was our trip’s first wheelchair distribution in the city of Rabinal. We drove just about an hour from Salama and began unloading the truck as soon as we could. Last year, one of my favorite things to do during the wheelchair distributions was hand out reading glasses. It was so much…

by Annette Fulton  Ben and Emily Mooney and Lindsay Wynia (intern from Iowa 💕) led our team. Today’s house build team: Richard Trealoff Michael Brigham Dawn and Levi Stultz Natasha and Cameron Miller Megan Lehman and myself, Annette Fulton Today we met the Garcia Coy Family. Jaime Garcia (27) provides for his family selling shaved…

Day 2 by Megan Lehman This morning, I am starting the day with a devotional while looking at mountains and watching hummingbirds chase each other through the birds of paradise flowers. I am truly in awe of what God has created here in Guatemala. I think it is fair to say that I ended my…