(Written for ‘The Call’ CMS) I’m frequently asked, “What do you enjoy most about your work?” The answer is always the same: relationships with the people I serve and seeing their lives transformed. Often we focus on numbers but some impact cannot be counted. Relationship and transformation are not easily measurable, but they are what God is all about and are what he has been doing in me and through me in Guatemala. When I arrived in Guatemala I had …
During my last few months in Guatemala the lockdown ended, and restrictions began to lift allowing for certain activities to resume, for glimpses of “normality” to return. Through the lockdown God had started some great works in me. Of course, it was not all a breeze, but I took the time to really lean into God and He kept on showing up; revealing more of His love and grace. I was glad to have simply survived the lockdown but even …
It is my last week in Guatemala for 6 months and I am currently sat at the family sized kitchen table in the centre where I have worked and served for these past three years. I am catching up on some emails and correspondence, most of which are overdue my attention, packing definitely took over my life these past few weeks.One of my colleagues is sat chopping vegetables in preparation for my farewell meal with my boys youth group later …