So as our trip comes to close I’m setting here thinking back on every defining moment and there are so many. God has shown His beauty grace and power through everything we have done here in Guatemala. As you know we have been digging a cistern, which is crazy hard work, like nothing I have ever done before in my life; there were so many times when me and every member of the team just wanted to stop and go back to the school and sleep or sit and watch the Guatemalans dig, but we kept in mind who we were working for and never stopped. With every movement the back pain got worse and we got more and more tried but we knew we were working for God and that kept us going.
As we would walk through the streets of Santa Maria the eyes of the all the people we passed would light up, as if we were bringing hope to them. We bought a jump rope and played with little girls in the street and took care of their little brothers and sisters so they could have a little fun and just be kids for a while. We played street soccer with the boys, and lost hopelessly. We would give the kids we passed candy and their eyes would light up so bright it could blind you. After lunch we gave out the leftovers to people near by and they were ecstatic.
The people here in Santa Maria are so happy even though they have nothing, I have yet to hear any of them complain or cry or even see them frown. They know the difference between things they want and things they need, and they trust God to provide for them. God has used them to show me that I don’t need to worry about anything and if you trust him he will provide. God is working and doing wonders here in Santa Maria, and his people show it in their lives.
So the people here don’t all have running water, electricity, money a good roof over their heads and some might not even know what they will eat for dinner tonight but they have so much more then we do and are so much better. They have a magic about them that I have been able to see and even take hold of, and they have changed my life and the lives of the rest of the team forever in so many ways. We have learned so much from them and taken so much from this experience, I wish I could share it all with you right now, and I hope to at some point.
Thank you so much for your love support and prayers while we have been down here they are much appreciated.
-Emily Culmer
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Hi Sweetie, I loved your post. I know what you mean about "their eyes." I saw it in the photos Viv posted. And their smiles; just beautiful. Proud doesn't even begin to express how I feel about you right now. From the time you were an infant I would pray over you at night - thanking God for the gift that you are and asking Him for the wisdom to raise you to be a woman of God. A woman that would seek God's heart. God gave me that wisdom and look at you now. By His grace you've become that woman. And you sound much like many other missionaries I've heard; you've been touched more than the people you went to serve. I love you, Emme. Mommy.
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