Day 1. Saturday March 12th, 2011. We began our day dark and early at 4:00 AM. The campaigners for this particular campaign were myself (David Malley), Tony Johnson, Jordan Wise, and Jared Kyle. Jon Warnes took us to the airport at 4:30. We got checked in at Denver International and got through security and to our gate fairly quickly with time to spare before boarding. From Denver, we departed to Houston at 7 AM and then from Houston to Guatemala City at 11:15. Upon arrival in Guatemala City at about 2:15 PM, that is when our adventure and campaign began.
Upon arrival in Guatemala City, we had to turn in our documentation to the appropriate authorities and grab our bags. We had to wait a while for our bags but everything went smoothly. We also had to wait 15 or 20 minutes for Byron Benitez, one of the two missionaries down here in Guatemala. The other missionary is Hiawattha a.k.a. Hi Jones. However, he is back in the States until Tuesday, March 15th. I look forward to seeing him when he returns.
When Byron picked us up, he had brother Darvin Alvarez with him. Darvin is the preacher at the congregation in Coban, Gautemala. Coban is about four hours away from Guatemala City. Our campaign and work would begin in Coban.
Before leaving for Coban, we went and visited the local extension school of BVBID, ITL (Instituto Teologico Latinoamericano) or Theological Institute of Latin America. While there, we met some of the students, one of which is also working on a Marketing degree and speaks excellent English. His name is Benjamin. For his marketing degree, he had to have people take a product survey so me and Jordan took the survey. The product was mouthwash. In addition to all this, we also had the privilege of worshipping our Lord both in English and in Spanish in song. It was awesome.
The extension school is vastly different from what me and the others are used to at BVBID. The students actually live at the school and have a much smaller library than us. Their library only consists of two book shelves that are not even completely full. However, they do have a video conferencing system and some computers. Some of our own instructors from BVBID, such as Dave Chamberlin, Mark Hanstein, and Dan Owen to name a few have taught via video conference and/or have taught on the campus here in Guatemala. It was around 5:00 that we finally departed for Coban.
Our experiences on the road to Coban and during our present time in Coban I will describe in my next blog. THANKS FOR READING! LOVE Y'ALL GOD BLESS! PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS!
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