Thursday morning from Guatemala City

Good Morning CHPC,

This past three days have been full of God's Presence, Grace, and Love!  I feel safe in speaking for Raul Contreras, Shannon, Ramiro, and myself by saying that the Guatemala Mission Network meeting has been pretty powerful.  We have had great discussion with our brothers Raul Contreras and Ramiro which we pray has strengthened our partnership.  Many of our conversations have focused on our strengths but some have focused of some of our challenges.  These conversations were full of honesty, joy, and love!  The four of us had a chance to present a drama on our partnership and we chose to act out what we have learned about fasting and prayer from our sister Churches from Estereno Presbytery.  Of course there was a lot of humor in our drama which created a lot of laughter from all!!  We have had many conversations with other U.S. churches and how they do partnership which has been extremely helpful.  Yesterday, all the U.S. churches meet while the Guatemalan Church meet.  This was very helpful to have open and honest discussions on many topics:  topics ranged from healthy partnerships to more delicate topics the sending of funds and the pro's and con's of sending through PC(USA) to the IENPG (Guatemalan national church) or directly to partners.  

A lot of good intentional work has been done and we will have a lot to share when we return.  One thing for sure,..... this Mission Network gathering has been extremely healthy and full of God's Presence.  

Thank you again for allowing us to represent CHPC!!!!

God's Peace!

-Ben

From Ramiro:  

Buen Dias hermanos somos Ramiro y Raúl queremos decirles que estamos muy contentos de estar compartiendo nuevas experiencias con nuestros hermanos Benjamín y Shannon, durante estos tres Dias fue de muchas bendiciones y hemos tenido mas fortaleza para Nuer Strops compañerismo y nuestras vidas tanto ficticio y espirituales....gracias adios.

Good Day my Brothers and Sisters!  From Ramiro and Raul, we would like to say to you that we are very happy to be sharing new experiences with our brothers Benjamin and Shannon, these past three days have been full of blessings which have strengthened our partnership and our lives both spiritually and physically.  Thanks be to God!