From John...

Day 3 of Guatemala was awesome.

Today we were split into three groups who would work on different tasks. I was assigned to a group with Cody, Danielle, Heather, Tatiana, and our Mission Impact leader, a guy named Hector, who was a really cool guy. Greg came along too. We drove into the mountains to a village named Rejon. It was built on the side of a pretty steep mountain, and it was so different than anything we would find in America. Some of the houses were made out of dried corn stocks, with roofs made of a metal sheets. We would be building a house for some of the locals who really needed it.

The rain came down like crazy, making the dirt very muddy. Our group worked on moving the dirt to make a foundation for the house. Once that was mostly finished, we couldn't do much because of the rain, so we went into town and ate fried chicken with amazing, fresh tortillas, hoping the rain would stop. It didn't, so we did what we could.

Near the end, three ladies and their kids watched us, and you could see the happiness in their faces. The kids who lived in the village loved us, and we had a lot of fun with them. It was so awesome how they were smiling and laughing with us, even though they were standing in the cold rain and the mud. They LOVED taking pictures.

Tomorrow we are going to go back and work on the house. The rain is supposed to slow down tomorrow, so we can hopefully get a lot done.

John