On Wednesday, after a breakfast of eggs, black beans, pico, corn tortillas and fresh pina, the team prepared more food to deliver. We loaded everything and got on the road by 9AM.
Today we were going to meet Pastor Lopez, of Armenia, in Ixchiguan (Itchy Wan). He is the lead pastor for the region and would guide us to Choanla. A wonderful story unfolds as we wait in Ixchiguan.
Arriving in this busy little town by 11am we found that Pastor Lopez would be delayed 30 minutes or so because of a flat tire.
I had pulled over to the side of the road only to find that I was pointed in the wrong direction. Wanting to be ready to leave when Pastor Lopez arrived, I pulled back onto the road, made a loop and parked down and across from where we had been.
It was market day in Ixchiguan and the streets were crowded with people and livestock.
Roderick and a couple of others had gotten out of the van and were handing out some Christian tracs while greeting folks walking by.
The place I found to park was right by some pigs that were tied to a road sign.
Just as we got comfortable, a small truck pulled up with a guy motioning that he needed to back in where we were sitting. Kindly obliging, I yielded him enough room to back in.
With Roderick"s help, we found out the guy had just bought these porkers and wanted to load them on his truck. In the midst of squealing pigs and the team's desire to help by trying to coax them on the truck with our snacks, it became apparent that God had set this whole thing up.
Roderick gave Noah, the guy in the truck, a couple of PB and crackers and Noah ate the crackers as he continued the process of loading his pigs. This brought laughter and opened up more communication.
Soon Roderick was talking with Noah about the Lord. For the next few minutes all was quiet as Noe listened intently. Noah's wife, who was helping him load the pigs, began to cry as it was evident that God was at work. As the team prayed silently in the van, Noah surrendered his life to Christ. As the conversation ended Pastor Lopez appeared. As always, God's timing was perfect. The team gave Noah a Bible and we went rejoicing on our way.
We're riding Guatemalan style.....God is good!
Thanks for your prayers and support,
Lewis and DonnaThomas
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"Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!" Ps 126:5
When will we cry?
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