a day to remember

Today we got to hear from our young life guatemala leader Fito. Fito shared his story with us about how he had been involved with one of the gangs in the city before he found Christ. Everyone was sitting on the edge of their sits while listening to him share his story. Fito is from the neighborhood that we are working in and still lives there. When he grew up his family was the poorest of the poor and used to get made fun of at school about their poverty. He worked in the dumps for awhile before he rose in power within the gang. However, after a series of events (involving many gun shots and close run ins with death) Fito kneeled for the first time in his life and asked Jesus to come into his life. After that moment he stopped doing drugs and his wife left him with his two children. He is currently leading young life in this neighborhood and spending time with the gang members and drug lords this time for a very different reason- to talk to them about Jesus. Bottom line Fito is a great guy to have with us. It was amazing to get to hear his story and is something none of us will surely ever forget.

We also got the chance to go to the Guatemalean young life club tonight. It was a lot of fun to get to watch the kids from the neighborhood as they sang songs and played games. There was a slight language barrier but the smiles said it all. Matt, Jimmy, Jack, and Nick put on a skit for them in Spanish! It was hilarious and very impressive how well they spoke the language! :)

Tomorrow we work for half a day. It will be our last day in the neighborhood.

It has been such a blessing to spend time in the neighborhood surrounded by amazing people like Fito.

By, Mary Ruge