The prayer

Before making the visit, Crescent Hill folks had said they were interested in learning more about their Guatemalan partners' spiritual practices, including their prayer life. Late Wednesday - after the partnership dialogue but before dinner - two of the three women who had represented the presbytery's Presbyterian Women organization in the partnership dialogue - asked to stop by to see Cara, who had been ill all day and had been in her room the whole day, with a rotating series of people, plus a doctor and physician's assistant periodically.  Ema and Maria stopped by and asked if they could pray for Cara.  While Cara, Ben Bridgman, Jane, Soni, and Stephanie watched and listened, Ema prayed an intense almost Pentecostal prayer in Q'eqhchi' apparently for healing and peace for Cara.  Team members were amazed, and many teams were shed - until Perry interrupted asking for a room key.

-Perry