Seven CHPC members met on Sat., Feb. 13 to evaluate
January’s fund-raiser, plan future efforts to raise money and discuss plans for
this summer’s visit to Guatemala with each other and by phone with a couple of
our partners.
Together we celebrated the results of the Jan. 29 Central
American-style dinner event featuring live music by Mundo Brew and a silent
auction. We especially expressed gratitude for the wonderful support that was
received from members of the congregation and their friends. We cleared a
total of $2,750, after food expenses, from the tickets, silent auction and
donations. We counted 81 adults and nine children there to enjoy the great
food, amazing music and generosity of our silent auction donors and buyers. Thank
you so much for helping to make CHPC’s visit to our partners a lot easier.
Airfare to Guatemala is running high this year so members of
the Guatemalan Connection and expected travelers this summer are planning to
have an additional fund-raiser to help with expenses. Details are still being
decided but it is expected to include another silent auction coupled with an
evening of food and family fun. Keep your eyes and ears open for more
information.
The final
highlight of the meeting was a call to Guatemala. We were able to talk with
Pastor Raul Contreras, from the Altar de Noe Church, who many of you met in
October 2012 when he was one of three partners who visited CHPC. We also were
introduced to a woman named Erma, who is the new presbytery fraternal/sororital
worker with the churches’ women's groups. Our partners asked for prayers for
their presbytery’s full assembly Mar. 11 and a gathering of the Presbyterian
Women Apr. 21-22. We also shared mutual prayers for the planning of our summer
visit, and members of our congregations needing special uplifting.
-Soni Castleberry
