Update from Nebaj

Greetings from Guatemala!

Some of the adults who are with the C.A.G. Choir posted the following snippets to Facebook:

Yesterday was a full day for the choir. In the morning Joy Wilson Eisner led a singing workshop for the Nebaj choir (our kids helped teach), they sang on the Ixil radio station (that can be heard online all over the world) and they performed at the Iglesia Emanuel with their choir. -- Candy Siklosi

Another shared this:
The choir trip has been amazing so far. We've had amazing opportunities to connect with the Ixil choir which was formed after our last visit to Nebaj. The church service last night was beautiful. Several of our youth shared their testimonies and preached, and then prayed for many, many people who came forward for prayers. We have five more opportunities to share today and tomorrow. Please pray for us as our youth have a unique opportunity to share the reason for the hope the have with the youth here, many of whom feel alone, desperate, and hopeless in light of their circumstances. Parents, I love your kids! They are all healthy and doing well, and taking care of each other. -- Jessie Larimer

There are some videos as well - which I have reshared on my Facebook page.

April Update - only a month to go!

Yikes!

It is April 23rd - that means in one month school will be done. I cannot believe it! That will mark the end of our seventh year at C.A.G. We continue to thank God for each and every one of our team members who have faithfully supported us over the past seven years.

It dawned on me (Ken) recently that this year's graduating class is the class I started with when we arrived in 2009. Wow - time flies.

Yesterday was a busy day. Joy and her choir students departed C.A.G. for the city of Nebaj in the Quiche area.

This is the second trip for the choir to the Nebaj area. They will be performing many concerts both live and on the local radio station. Also this year their local missionary contact, Mr. Mike McComb, requested they do a series of choral workshops for the locals. The choir group was very excited to return to Nebaj.

They left C.A.G. at about 8:30 a.m. and arrived in Nebaj at about 5:30 p.m. Joy said it was an uneventful trip - which is a blessing.

Last week our little Sara decided it was time for a new dew... yup she cut her own hair. As it turns out she might have a future in hair dressing as she did a pretty good job at keeping it straight. Unfortunately she cut a lot off the left side and only some off the right. Last night we got her "evened up" with the thanks of our local hair-dressing-friend, Jen!

Thankfully curls are not all gone... but it really was time for a trim.

Also this past week Emma participated in the Elementary drama production, "Where the Wild Things Are." The show was done entirely by the Independent Study Drama class (three seniors) which was co-coordinated by Joy.

Where the Wild Things Are Cast (Emma front right in Pink)

This coming summer Joy and Sara will be returning to New Hampshire for three weeks (May 25th through June 16th.) She will be attending her niece's wedding and also hopes to meet with supporters. Right now we are hoping for a dessert night or pot luck event held in Dover. We hope to have more details about this in the coming weeks.

Well, that about wraps up another update.

Blessings and thanks to all!

-knme