We have been living in Magdelana for 4 days now and we have been driving around to different places to find different things we need for the new house. (Go here for pics) We are trying to be frugal and find the best deals which takes us to many different places. Often times they are unfamiliar places since we don't know the area very well yet other than the places we frequent. Some of the places are fairly close and others not as close like Guatemala City which is not too far but still about 45 minutes away.
Yesterday was one of those days when I began to wonder if it was worth all our running around. We began by going to a sale at a seminary that was about 45 minutes away. We got there and they didn't have a whole lot of anything. So then we decided to go to a store in the city which was about a half hour from where we were. Then we remembered about an email we saw from an email group we are part of for missionaries here in Guatemala. We remembered that they were selling a bunch of stuff that we were interested in seeing and it wasn't too far from the store where we were going. So we decided to give them a call and try to find their house. This is when the fun began...
We got some vague directions and began heading that way. We got most of the way there and we were a bit confused about a certain road and so we gave them a call and they gave us some more directions but apparently we were in a different place then where they thought so we got some wrong directions and then we ended up city in traffic here for about 30 minutes which seemed like hours with 5 kids in the car and everyone honking their horns :)
After getting out of the traffic we were forced to go back south away from where we needed to be I later found out. We called the people again and they were not able to help us much since we had made some wrong turns and not very many streets here have signs we could not even tell them where we were. I tried to turn around but the streets here make it impossible to turn around! Then I ended up in a buss lane and got stopped by the police who were gracious to me prolly cause I looked like a dumb greengo :)
We ended up getting turned around finally but by this point I was getting pretty nervous since we were in a city of about 2.3 million people scrolling across many square miles, they speak a language I don't yet know very well and it is not very safe in certain places! I did not know who to call because I didn't even know where we were. By this time we were praying and asking the Lord to get us home. We were not even concerned about going to this home or to the store we just wanted to get home safely.
I began to try and work my way back to where I thought we should be and we ended up on a road that the people we were trying to find gave us so I gave them a call and we were literally one block from there home. How that happened? God! It is awesome to be reminded that no matter what situation we find our selves in the Lord is in control and regardless of how scared and nervous we are he is not worried about the situation we are in. He is God of all and over all!
So we called them and found our way to their house and then they gave us good directions to get home. Thank You Jesus for your protection, guidance and provision for us! Thanks to each of you who pray and support us in our work here in Guatemala! As indicated in this blog the Lord does answer your prayers!
Check out one more beautiful picture of the city and the 3 volcanoes close to us, Fuego (the one you have heard about in the news that has been erupting), Pacaya, and Agua:
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