Guatemala Mission Trip

August 6-13, 2011

Guatemala City
Cant see skyscrapers here.

Traffic
Check out all those wires!

Farm Land
There was NO electrical equipment.

More Farms

House
In another town, but a NICE house compared to most check out that pitched roof!

Playing Games
Sunday morning before we shared about Jesus

Colorful Pictures

Superman !!!!!

New Roof and Stove

Mom (widow) Ober (sponsored) Yesica (sponsored) Daisy (sponsored)

Gennifer (not sponsored)

Alen (too young for school)

New Stove in Use

Reduces :

Amount of wood Cost of cooking Danger of burning Smoke coming into the house

Proud

Gilmer

Goes to school

Shines shoes when not in school

Dad passed away

Shining Shoes

Mudslides

Map of what was DESTROYED

Yellow = mudslides Orange = Sink Hole

29 people died in just the sink hole area

House # 1
Lost house in the May mudslides

Pedro (dad) Ronnie (son)

House # 2
Mom just had a baby and was at the job site.

How to Build a Wood Burning Stove

Created with the help of some Michigan Gringas and a Chipene

Teacher - Cruz

STOVE Step 1 : Sift

Step 2 : Mix Sifted Dirt with Cement

Step # 3 : Add the Blocks

Materials:

Blocks Machete Trowel Buckets Cement Measuring Tape

Step # 4 Fill with Dirt

Step # 5 : Cut Red bricks with a trowl

Step # 6 : Fill with Pumus Stones

Create the draft

Step # 7 : Make it Pretty

Emerson helping me.

Almost Done

House #1
Pedro and Ronnies Home

At the House # 1
Hand Drilling with out electricity

Laying the last blocks .

Beams

Putting on the Roof

Making Relationships