Having Faces: Being Neighbor

I came to Guatemala with a Graduate Preaching Fellowship in 2004 to learn to be neighbor. I was ordained at the St. Paul Area Synod Assembly in June 2007 as a pastor of the Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala and commissioned for service by two Synods of the ELCA and the Global Mission Unit of the ELCA. I serve in Guatemala with the ILAG as a missionary and a pastor.

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Thursday, November 25, 2004

Homecoming

Beatriz came home on the 9th of November and was greeted at the airport just about the same time the sun rose by family. She had been in California for a month helping an uncle recover from surgery. Her young son, Marco Andre was being cared for the Horacio. She was welcomed home with such love. Marco Andre, about 6 years old, had cut a rose bud three days prior and kept it in water to give it to her only to almost lose it as she arrived. Tears and hugs so warm and firm you just knew the depth of love and care were exchanged between mother and son. This family does not usually show affection which made it all the more... como se llama... precious. It was beautiful.

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