This morning we had a time of spiritual challenge and orientation. Afterwards, Pastor Phil and I exchanged money. Pastor Phil was patted down - he did look kind of suspicious, after which we went shopping at a huge superstore for essentials while everyone else placed tracts in the literature.

After lunch, we drove to Lake Amatitlan, a city surrounded by mountains (two volcanoes). The city is known for its hot spas naturally heated by the underground volcanic action. We did some site-seeing driving through the city just in awe at the abject poverty. A large population of the city lives in tin huts on narrow dirt/cobblestone streets. The children were extremely curious and approached us looking for food.


After splitting into teams, we passed out literature and invited people to the evening service at Maranatha Baptist Church. The ladies sang two songs in Spanish, London and Jayne shared their testimonies -translated by Pastor Phil. While Pastor preached, Cindy, Sarah, Alicia, Beverly, Debbie, Linda, London (and Buddy) conducted children´s church. The people were extremely warm and friendly - we felt at home with our Christian brothers and sisters...