Ben reported on the $1,500 we sent through IENPG – it equals
Q10,690 – a $50 fee from the bank in the US and possibly also will be fees from
the bank in Guatemala – we told them the money is for theological education,
basic ed for women of the church (that includes to be used for travel) – the
Guatemala bank is part of the SWIFT network, so Ben now has a SWIFT number for
us – this should expedite things in the future – the money is in the IENPG
account, but we don’t know yet how it will be forwarded to Ramiro
How did our fundraisers go? – St. Jose’s: brought in $1180 –
some of the neighbors chipped in too – about $150 for security – church will
pay the rest of the security guard cost – since the gate isn’t open on Friday,
was it worth doing parking on Friday next year? – could we negotiate with them
about Friday night? – we tried, but there’s an “important” cornhole game on the
other side of the gate – will reevaluate next year – need to have a better idea
next year re: what we charge – next year, should have a brief gathering on
Sunday with all the volunteers to make sure we’re all on the same page – whoever
starts the day is someone who is a seasoned volunteer! – Doug will create a
Google doc for learnings for next year that he’ll send to everybody – El Tarasco:
had more folks this last time, but we don’t know how much – need to make sure
the money goes to Jack (into his box with directions for which account to
credit it to – had 6-10 people who don’t usually come – Soni will follow up
w/Claudia to make sure we know what’s going on and how much is being collected
–
Other opportunities: Robania, the woman who translated for
the Women’s Conference and works with Living Waters for the World, will be here
a week from today – the Sounds of Memphis will play in E’town – we need to keep
in touch w/LW4W to see if they’ve developed a technology that will work there –
if not, Water Steps might be something we’d want to investigate –
Email from Brian: Sunday February 4th, they’ll be
here – need to take this to Worship Council (Perry will do this) and Nurture if
we want to do something during adult Sunday School class – would also like help
w/$150 for their travel costs – would like to do a F4T that Sunday – need to
check CHPC calendar and make sure we aren’t scheduled for our CHPC Annual
Meeting – they’re scheduled to be in Guatemala through 2018 as mission coworker
– want to see the work they’ve been doing continue into the future – two Guatemala
women are attending a training on Domestic Violence so that they can conduct
workshops in local communities –
Bookmarks: from now on, we need to send bookmarks to new
members along with an email invite to our meetings – we need a flyer about the
GC to give to each new member – the bedspread that has been in Jane’s office
will go with the liturgical cloths for use in the sanctuary –
September 24th – Ramiro’s Ordination Date – we
need to have some sort of gift/symbol – maybe $100 to sponsor the celebration
lunch – check w/INPG to see if they have a Worship Book (like what they use in
the DR) – would like to be able to send one to each of the pastors in the
presbytery
Called Raul -- they were in the middle of their executive
committee of the presbytery meeting! – they are forming a new Synod: Emanuel
del Norte – sounds like they are splitting the Q’eqchi’ synod into two synods --
30th & 31st will be the dates of the founding of the
new synod – they will be going to Coban tomorrow to do the legal work and asked
for prayers because the roads to Coban are bad – Ramiro (who had already left) confirmed
that the money has arrived (they probably haven’t gotten the cash yet) – he
will be the pastor of the Arca de Noel church
Prayer joys and concerns:
Doug has reconnected with friends from when he was in high school in
Colombia – brought back fond memories – Perry asked if Jane would allow us to
pray over her at this her last meeting with us – (we shared a lot of memories
about Jane’s influence on our work here and on the roles of women in the
Guatemala church --
Our next meeting: November 11, 2017 (Veterans Day),
12:30-2:00, Gathering Room
-Mary Love
