The day started out cool and cloudy but it cleared as the day progressed. We started our day with devotions a the Chemche School. they thanks us for everything we are doing for them and thanked God for us!
We then went to Pombach (a mountain village) to visit. It was a very steep, winding ride up the mountain. We picked up the Pastor on our way up. When we got there he told us some of the story of this village and the struggles to bring Christianity to it. When he arrived he discovered a village with only a few men. Many men had been killed during the revolution, as well as some women. This left many children abandoned. The result of that was children (age 15 or so) started having families due to no proper parenting and guidance as they grew. He spoke of how he approached a couple about being saved. The man of the house said yes but the wife said no. Six months later his wife was saved as well. He kept doing his work with the help of Impact Ministries and a year later another couple was saved. As years went by more people were saved in this village. Now he has about 50 adults and 35 children in his congregation. He spoke of how it has not been easy doing this work. He told us a story of how some of the people in the Village, in an attempt to run him out of the Village, hired a lawyer. There were all kinds of stories told but they didn't win. Eventually he managed to build a Church in the Village. Stories were still being told in the Village, telling people not to go to his Church because the Canadians ate Children. One night the Pastor was in the Church with the doors locked and a knock came to the door. He opened the small window in the door to see who was there and discovered 4 masked men standing there. He closed the window and got very scared. He decided all he could do was pray, so he did and eventually the men went away. Hearing what he has gone through to bring God to these people I am not sure I could have done the same. We finished up and went back to our house to have lunch.
After lunch we went on a Hospital visit in Coban. While there we visited sick children in the Pediatric unit. Almost all of the children there were sick with pneumonia. This is a very common illness for the children here. This is due to houses not being very clean as well as the cooking fires inside the houses. One family we spoke to travelled a full day to get their sick child to the Hospital. We gave out stuffed animals to the sick children as well. We prayed with each child and family we visited. We then went to the labour and delivery area where we (the ladies) gave out baby bundles. They also seen a lady who lost her baby and they prayed for her.
We loaded up the vans and headed back to the house, but not before Rocky and Karren treated us with Ice Cream!!
We had supper at the house followed by Birthday cake as it is Joanne's Birthday tomorrow.
After cake and debrief we packed to leave for Antigua tomorrow morning.
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