Guatemala: La Communidad Project

Another project we had was located in a lower class community called La Communidad. We prepared the soccer field, played with kids, and handed out snacks and refreshments to the kids. Their snack was a small roll with re-fried beans spread on it, watermelon, and a sandwich bag full of water.

Alex was asked to play in a soccer game. He was schooled. The Guatemalan people eat, sleep, and breathe soccer. So by the time they are 15 or 16 they could destroy any senior varsity team in the U.S., and possibly give a few college teams a run for their money. So Alex was more amusing to them than helpful. But they all had a blast connecting on the field.


Someone on our team had an idea to bring their old Beanie Baby collection down. So we tied Bible verses to them and handed all 120 of them out to the children of the community. The kids lit up with delight to receive a present. The missionaries 11 year old daughter, Hope, shared the gospel with a young girl her age, and the girl wanted to pray with Hope and Amy, so they did so. It was a very awesome day.