Guatemala evening-last night!

Last night was our Guatemala evening at Potton chapel. Tim the development manager from Through The Roof came to lead it. Tim was on the team last year.

We had an exhibition out for people to look at, all stuff from last year in Guatemala. then we had a quiz. on the table were nibbles, crisps and dips, and also tortillas and a traditional dish from Guatemala, Black Beans! (i know the spanish name for it but I cannot spell it!) the winning quiz team were awared a tin of black bean for a prize!!  they weren't too sure about that one!

Tim interviewed me and Christina, me about last year, and Christina about why she wants to go this yyear. then we went through some slides of our time in Guatemala last year, Tim explained to everyone as we went through. then we looked at the Bible passages we use over there to demonstrate that God loves disabled people as much as everyone else, and he has not made a mistake or sent the disability as a punishment. and we ended with deaf worship in spanish, we did the sign language nd sung "how great is our God" in spanish.

the evening was wonderful, God was truly there with us. everyone who came seemed to enjoy it, and we hope it has given them more of an idea what we are doing. we were given pads to sell, donated by Christina's grandma, and cards to sell, donated by my cousin in law's parents.

we raised £58.50 last night! thanks go out to Tim for leading, Stan for giving up his wednesday night to us, and all our parents and friends and families for helping! and Chrissy for playing for me while I sang.

Next is blind awareness day! keep up! :-)

Up Till Now ...

So far, we have had 2 stories in the Biggleswade Chronicle, one about the trip and the concert on 5th June, and one about awareness day on 1st June. we have had a lot of encouraging responses to these stories and some donations. we have even had people come forward to perform in the concert! I (Philippa) was interviewed on Premier radio about the trip. Today we went to my brother Ben's church at Yelling and told them a bit about what we are going to do there. they were very kind to us, promised to pray for us and the collection they took for us came to £120! it was a very warm and friendly atmosphere. now we just hope and plan for our next events, and first up is the Guatemala evening at Potton Baptist chapel on Wednesday night! until our next post . . . . :-)   

Rightttt...here we go...

What?....so we are going to Guatemala.... scary stuff. :) 
When?...29th July to 12 August
Why?....to promote the lives of disabled people and show them the love of God
How?....By giving practical ideas for people to help include disabled people in everyday life and give them biblical based instruction that God is not rejecting/punishing the disabled. 


Guatemala... is one of Latin Americas poorest countries. It's predominantly Roman Catholic.

According to the world health organisation just 2% of the disabled in Guatemala will receive an education. Through the Roof is a charity that have set up a program to try and change this.  (www.throughtheroof.org) 
We are hoping to go with them this year!  Philippa is going for the second time and I (Christina) am going for the first!


Obviously we have to raise money for this trip and between us we need to raise £2100!
So far we have raised around £700 ...we have several things lined up that we hope will raise money!
(a concert, disability awareness day and a Guatemala evening)

Prayers would be very much appreciated and we'll keep you posted!!

:)