House of Hope, Zacapa, Guatemala

I returned home yesterday from a mission trip in Guatemala. It was a wonderful opportunity for three churches (Faith Bible Church, Irving Bible Church and Bent Tree Bible Fellowship) to come together to be the hands and feet of Jesus to orphans and families in need in Guatemala! It was an amazing and intense time of service and ministry.

Our team spent 8 days serving with House of Hope in Zacapa, Guatemala. House of Hope (HOH) is an orphanage and a school that provides love and education, an ideal environment for the children to socialize with the surrounding community.

We painted both a church built by HOH and a HOH school, dug a trench for electricity improvements, played games with the kids, provided medications, prescription eye glasses and clothes for villagers and orphans.

We visited three schools in surrounding villages to share the gospel in the form of a drama. The drama was about a boy who faces many trials and tries to find meaning in life. He eventually finds meaning in his relationship with Jesus. Much to our surprise MANY of the kids were touched by the drama. Tears streamed down their faces as they watched it. These kids have hard and difficult trials in life and at home. They related to the drama in many ways and it touched their hearts.

We also visited the state orphanage in Zacapa to bring them gifts, sing songs and pray with them. The state orphanage differed from HOH orphanage tremendously. The kids at HOH were happy, joyful and had house parents that loved them. The children at the state orphanage were attention deprived and desperate for the attention and love of our team members. After seeing the difference between these two orphanages, the vision of why HOH existed was clear.

Our team had the privileged of clearing a piece of land within the HOH complex. This land will be used to build an additional House of Hope home!!! Which means that they will be able to house and raise more kids!! These kids will have the opportunity of being given a place to live with house parents, an education and LOTS of love.

This mission trip was a life changing experience for every team member. Every where we went the children and local villagers were so thankful for our service. They showed us a lot of love and gratitude throughout the entire mission trip. We were given many hugs and words of praise. During our trip our team keep strong and unified through prayer and the encouragement of one another. I praise God for such a wonderful and fruitful experience!


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