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Friday, February 22, 2013

Last Day of Ministry

Today has been a bittersweet day! It was our last day of ministry and the focus was in San Pablo, one of the poorest towns around Lake Atitlan.  The dentists, doctors, women's one on one visitation, children's ministry and pastor care teams went there to minister, pray, help and bring the good news of Jesus to the people of this town.

One of the main reasons why Bridge Builders exists is because we want to build relationships with the people of the Lake area.  One great example is a young man named Timoteo that was born in San Pablo.  We met Timoteo around 11 years ago, he began helping our medical team translating from Spanish to Tzutujil and vise versa.  He has a heart for his people in San Pablo and through working with Bridge Builders he began to see the need for medical health care in his town.  He finished high school and enrolled in a "Nurse assistant" program, after that, he enrolled in a "Nursing" program and today we learned that he will be taking a two year program to further his Nursing career.

The beautiful thing about this is that he is doing this and comes back to San Pablo to help his people.  Many here will go and get further education and move away from their birth places, Timoteo wants to come back and help.  It was good to see him come in to the clinic wearing his scrubs.  What a great example of dedication and determination he has been to many of us!

Yes, it has been a bitter day because we are done with the work we came to do but sweet because we have met new friends and seen old ones.  It has been amazing to see God working in the lives of the people in the team, many of us did not expect to be used the way God used us this week!

Tomorrow we will be going to dedicate the 6 homes that were built and then will be traveling to Antigua for a day of reflections, debriefing and processing of all that happened during our time here.  Please pray for safe travels.

Thank you for jumping in to the Chicken Bus with us through your prayers and/or financial support, we couldn't do it without you!

Dr. Mark Solfelt with a "little patient" at the medical
clinic in San Pablo.

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