The Rest of the Time

During the second half of our trip we traveled to Huehuetenango to work with a couple of different ministries. Huehue is a beautiful part of the country and there are a couple of people from our church that are currently living there (Kailah and Scott). There, we stayed at the mission house which is very nice. Kailah also cooked for us while we were there. One of the places we went was a special needs home, which is mostly full of elderly. We helped them paint some beds and then had a fiesta for the residents. They had a blast dancing and taking swings at the pinata! There was some fighting over the candy, but we were able to work it out ;) There is also a guy down there named Mark Wakefield. He has started a ministry called Zona Juvenile. It's basically a youth zone and alternative option to gangs for young boys that are on the streets. In doing this, he is a target for all the gang members, usually having to wear a bullet proof vest while he is out and staying at different houses each night to hide out. He just purchases a building for the kids to hang out at and we worked on cleaning that and painting the outside. We also helped him serve his Wednesday lunch to the street workers. He has an amazing heart for these kids!

Levi playing soccer with one of the boys

preparing the pinata
What a party!

The outside of Zona Juvenile before

Working hard

If you drive a motorcycle here, you have to have a helment and vest with your license number on it. They put this into place several months ago because killings were happening with one guy driving and the guy on the back killing. It is a law that they can only have one person on the motorcycle.

The streets of Huehue

View from the top of the mission house