Never pick up hitchhikers!

I don’t always pick up hitchhikers but when I do....


We are told pretty early on not to give rides to strangers. I feel like that’s pretty sound advice especially with our current situation. We live in rural Guatemala and often find ourselves on backroads in the middle of farmland. 90% of the men sitting on the side of the road have machetes in hand and look rough. This is understandable because they are day laborers, they get paid a low sum of money to clear land with just a machete. That’s just how they do it.

Recently we have experienced an economic downturn in our house. I’m not gonna go into details about why cause that is not the point I wish to convey. It turns out that if your caloric intake is low enough it will cause you to be light headed and lethargic. This coupled with poor water quality and intense heat is a recipe for disaster.

Ergo, we have in the last couple weeks initiated a ride share program. These old boys come out of the field completely exhausted. So on our way home from our daily routines we may pick up between 2 & 4 farmers. They are extremely happy to hop in the bed of the truck and ride in the cool breeze for the 4 miles back home.

We offer these rides free of charge but the pay is true fulfillment.

hard working honest men

You Fight

   It's never been easy. It's never been handed to me. To say its a struggle is an understatement. I wake up with a thousand pounds on my chest everyday. I summon my strength from that still small voice, that voice that tells me it's OK.  

   It's OK just to be me, even when I don't know me! Who am I to think or be. So dark its hard to see whats right in front of me. And yet how can I be who they need me to be, if inside I flight I flee.  

  Then and there I stand and fight! I push and I push because that's who I've become. In my weakness I am given the strength to fight. Failure, doubt, and insecurity cast on me like a net. It covers me! It chokes me! I will never surrender.

  These things they plague us all. The discouraging thoughts can paralyze the mightiest of us. The biggest rival you will ever face is the face in the mirror. If you continue to stand in your own way you'll never see where you could've gone. We are not designed to fear this life. No! We are designed to overcome it.

  We must rid ourselves of the negative people in our lives, The ones we give the power to control us, the power to cripple us. Wake up and free yourself of the baggage. Surround yourself with positive people. People who will inspire you to do great things.

  Go! Go and do what you know your supposed to do and do it right. You fight! You fight! You don't back down. Just when you can't take another thing and your ready to fall out, your out of breathe and exhausted. You fight! 

  Nothing is ever going to be handed to you. If you want it you have to fight...

  

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Clean Water For Guatemala

We shall fight in jungles and on gravel streets!

        The death toll is continually Increasing as we dig in our heals. Attack after attack, wave after wave. Bombs falling all around scattering troops about. This is by far the the worst military upset our battalion has seen in many years. On that day our troops were backed into a corner they stood brave as shots rang out from every direction. No where to hide nothing to block the assault that would become our lowest hour.

        We will return  home lost and afraid. Even ashamed. Many will question the war and its efforts. Many will grow cold as the enemy set its sights on our home front. The air will grow more stagnant with every day that passes.

 
                      However!              We shall stand. We shall fight. We shall never surrender.


         We may become prisoners of war. We may come home critically/spiritually injured. Yes! We will come home knowing that we fought hard and endured till our end. Until that day we ask that our country men, our family, and our friends continue to wave that glorious flag. Continue on towards that glorious kingdom that brings hope to all mankind. Dig in with us and fight for humanity. Stir amongst yourselves a desire to see that kingdom come.

                       Fight with us!!!   Whatever the cost may be. We shall be victorious against those forces that oppose us. We shall rise as if on eagles wings. We will be clothed in righteousness and all glory will be given to him who is seated in the highest place.