Day 10 – Our day started with a BANG … literally. Christian did the honours of lighting firecrackers in celebration of the birthdays of two parent chaperones – Mr. Wagner

Day 9 – When we finished breakfast this morning, we left for the coast to visit Luis’s sister’s family in Puerto San Jose. Because of heavy traffic we arrived a

Day 8 – At the break of dawn, we woke to our final day of work at the school. It was our last trek up the hill. We participated in

Day 7 – This morning, our class joined the elementary school for chapel. There was lots of dancing and spinning today as we continued to learn more dances from the

Day 6 – On the last day of January, I began with a hearty breakfast of eggs, bread and baked beans. After that, we left for the school and joined

Day 5 – Today in Guatemala, the day started with going to the school for morning chapel with the elementary students. For the rest of the morning, the team was

Day 4 – Today, we were back at the school to start the new week. We began our morning in the high school for chapel. Not only was the atmosphere

Day 3 – Church this morning was amazing. The presence of the Lord was so strong in the church. It started with worship in Spanish, with the words translated onto

Day 2 – The excitement of the day began when some of us woke up to the furniture shaking … or was it a dream? We didn’t know, so we

Day 1 – The day started with breakfast consisting of eggs, buns, beans, potatoes and orange juice. After breakfast we went on a short walk to the school called Colegio

Principal’s Message: The MCA 2023 Guatemala Mission Team arrived home safely late last night. Praise God for His providence during every stage of this trip! From the very beginning planning

The 19-person 2023 Grade 12 Missions team has wrapped up the last day. The students and chaperones got in a few more hours of construction in Guatemala, played with their

Peter:  Today was day 8 of 9 of the missions trip (not including travel days), and a lot of team members are feeling the effects of culture shock. But nothing

This morning was like the other mornings on the trip – we started off with devotions with the elementary kids, then we moved into sorting beans for the children’s food

Today started out a little bit colder than most days. We ate breakfast and headed up to the school bright and early. This time there was no truck taking us

Buenos noches, family and friends! It is Aida’s birthday today and some chaperones set off firecrackers to celebrate, we smashed a piñata and had more birthday cake. We quickly got

It was another exciting day in Guatemala and a day of firsts because it was finally the weekend, so we did not go to the school. People had first experiences

We have been learning so much and having so much fun in El Tizate, Guatemala! We have been so impacted by God over the last few days and feel so

Day 2 in Guatemala started early, like every other day. We woke up around 6 a.m. and were eating breakfast by 6:30. We got to have a little treat from

Day 1 – Today was a great first day. We started off the day bright and early at 6 a.m. After a delicious breakfast, we hiked up a huge hill