The English Update

We’re still in shock to be here! We have been in Guatemala for almost two weeks now and are just starting to find a bit or normalcy (if that’s even possible two weeks into a new country).

We made it to Quetzaltenango (nicknamed Xela, pronounced ‘shay-la’) on a Friday evening and hit the ground running getting things set up for the house. We have our phones and internet set up, most of our furniture has been delivered, and we are kinda learning the roads around our house. 

The girls have been doing amazing and have enjoyed staying in our “yellow house”. We spent our first week in country staying in a nearby apartment while visiting our house every day to get a bit of work done. They were really confused for a while about where we were actually living. It does help that we’ve now unpacked all the toys that they haven’t seen for a while! We are so grateful for the personalities the Lord has given each of them and how they have been able to conquer a move like this one with so much joy! 

We’ve now enjoyed two Sundays at a small local church planted by one of our partners here in Xela, and it’s quickly becoming like family to us. Be praying as Tyler will be sharing at the service this week about our call to missions and how the Lord calls all of us to share His story. 

Our Guatemala team has been incredible! We feel so blessed to be a part of this group and can’t wait to serve alongside one another. We had a team meeting over the weekend and it felt so natural.

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Below we have listed a few specific prayers for our family over the coming weeks:

Tyler will be sharing at a local church this week. Pray his message is understood and plants seeds for future ministry opportunities. 

Pray for friends for us and especially for the girls. We will take some walks in the neighborhood this week and next and hope to meet our new neighbors. 

Praise for a good house for our family. We are so thankful to our team for making it happen before we even arrived. 

Lastly, our family car is a stick shift which Tyler is loving and I am dreading having to drive. Please pray for our marriage as Tyler teaches me how to drive it!

With Love,
Tyler & Rachel