Missions Trip to Guatemala
Transcript: Built an entire church Passed out bags with bibles, soap, ect.. Went to "The Dump" and fed everyone noodles bread and water, they lined up for hours and were extremely grateful. The church project took the whole week, and was extremely physcially demanding We did a VBS and taught the Mothers more about God and shared testimonies. Background of Guatemala 75 percent of the population is estimated to live below the poverty line I got the chance to go to Guatemala, and it was extremely humbling the places we went. WE visited a literal dump, hundreds of people lived inside the dump, looking for anything to sell and tried to make a living off of it. Missions Trip to Guatemala What we Did The village we went into was called Puerto de Goulpe The organization we worked with is called Hope Of Life, they have a huge compount which included an orphanage, special needs home, hospital and elderly home. We stayed there during the night and during the day we did all sorts of things to bring the word of God to the villages and help their physical needs. What to pray for My Experience Poverty Something I learned is that we are so lucky to live in the U.S and for all that we have. I am extremely excited to go back this year. By: Jared Peters Guatemala is 96% Professing Christians Population: 16,476,000 In Guatemala, 51% of people live in rural areas, and the rural areas account for a large amount of the countries poverty. 75% of people live below poverty level. Needs in Guatemala? -there are 370,000 orphans -Churches need built -Prayers for the lives of the people Article 36 of Guatemala's Constitution says that everyone has the right to any religion. Though Guatemala is 96% professing Christian, there is no official religion. Guatemala is not as much Christian as it is confused People say they are christians, and recognize Jesus as the Christianity symbol, but that's about it. This is one of Guatemala's Major needs. 1. Pray that all the incorrect forms of the Gospel would disappear and that the true message of Christ would be told to the people. 2. More church planters and pastors in Guatemala that can preach a clear message.