Volunteers in Mission – Guatemala

by John Moore

I recently participated in a Volunteer in Mission team in Antigua, Guatemala sponsored by the Southeast Jurisdiction of United Methodist Church. The team lead by John Benson of Raleigh, NC, consisted of 11 members from various parts of the USA. The primary purpose of the mission was to study Spanish at Centro Linguistico La Union Spanish School in Antigua. Secondary purposes were to learn more about Guatemala culture and its people, and to grow together as a small Christian community as we participated in various social outreach projects. My personal goal was to improve my Spanish and to learn more about VIM trips so that I might lead one next year to El Salvador. For this reason, I went to Guatemala for an extra two weeks before the VIM team arrived, a total of 4 weeks in country.

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