We wrapped up a great week in Guatemala on Thursday night. The team from Lee's Summit left for the airport at 4:30 a.m. Friday morning. We didn't start our drive home until 9:30. We didn't have any problems at the borders so we made it home around 2:30.
There were 10 people from ALBC and 14 of us from El Salvador. With a small team you really have time to get to share with everyone. They were so faithful to share the gospel in the evening campaigns! I believe there were 170 professions of faith throughout the week. Three mornings we were in schools sharing the sexual purity lesson along with the gospel, with more than 450 students indicating that they made a profession of faith.
Followup has already started. Nelson and Rosemary are excited about adding new families to the church. They were meeting with one couple on Friday morning to begin discipleship.
While we were in Guatemala, two other teams from Vida Nueva were also involved. A group from the states joined a Vida Nueva San Salvador team in Nicaragua while another group from the states joined another Vida Nueva San Salvador team in Costa Rica. This was the first time that our church has held simultaneous campaigns in all of our Central American churches. We don't have the "official" results from the other two teams, but we know that God also blessed their efforts.
This was the last of 5 mission trips this summer and we're ready for a vacation. We haven't been in the states since Christmas! However, on Tuesday we fly to California to see Jon, Daniel, Shannon, Maleia and meet Josiah, our new grandson!
Thanks for the update!
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