We hosted an excellant group of Jr. Highters (yes, not a typo!) last week, and here is a short composite written by Diana...

Well,  first of all, their was a mix up at the airport for Aaron’s team, so only six of them made it here on Saturday, then six more on Monday, then six more on Tuesday.  So, that limited their work in Patzun quite a bit, but God taught them a lot through it, and it turned out (what a surprise!) that God used the time with the smaller groups to unify and work on some things that they needed.  Niel stayed with the group in Patzun, and made the trip into the city to pick up the different groups from the team.  They painted some classrooms and worked on building a greenhouse there for the school, as well as meeting with the youth from the church, and Aaron, also, taught the Walk thru the Bible in Spanish, I think.  I went up on Saturday to help clean and cook, as Ken’s wife, Cindy, who had planned the food for the first part of the week , was sick.  Also, another missionary friend, went up with us on Sat. and stayed until Wed., helping as well.  I came back here on Sat. night, because I needed to be at the church on Sunday, and we still had duties here at LBN, so one of us needed to stay here for that.  It was good, too, as I had never cooked for a mission group before, so I needed to get ready, go to the market, etc.

They arrived here on Wed. afternoon, after visiting the Mayan ruins in Tecpan, and stopping at our favorite restaurant for lunch.  All were in pretty good shape, no stomach problems, only a few with colds.  We had arranged a boat trip on the lake to visit two different villages for Thurs., which went well.  On Friday morning, they visited the nature reserve and many of them actually went on the zip line!  Then, in the afternoon, they walked to the church and painted some crude wooden tables that are used for fellowship , practiced some songs to sing in the evening service, then brought the youth from our church all to Las Buenas Nuevas, to enjoy taco stew and watermelon together.  We were so impressed with the level of spirituality of this team, as young as they are.  They had great compassion and were willing to work everyday on whatever project, or cleaning needed to be done.  Got up very early on Sat. morning, and after breakfast, left on a chicken bus, for the airport at 6:30 AM.  Obviously, we are tired, but had a really good time with them, and it was good to see Aaron..