Mission trips all vary.  Most people will tell you that on the most important word on any mission adventure is flexibility. Today we experienced that anew.  In the past we have driven the two hour trek to Chan Chen n the jungle of the Mayan Zone, carried out the activities planned then drove back in one day.  Doug decided to do it differently this year so we traveled to Coba, another Mayan village about twenty minutes from Chan Chen and spent the day there.
 
Many of our team members climbed to the top of a 24,000 meter pyramid built around 780 AD by the Mayans.  We walked through jungle paths seeing other ruins from the once great civilization.  Many in the group attached themselves to a cable and zip lined across crocodile infested waters.  Of course we shopped and invested in the local economy.  You may be thinking that sounds more like vacation that missions, but each step along the way we had opportunity to tell the people why we were there and what Christ has done in our lives and what He can do in theirs. 

 A handful of our team stopped to see a pet monkey outside of one of the homes.  They met  a gentleman name Elgar Garcia.  Edgar is an artist and sculpts from tin coke cans.  Some of our men began to talk with Edgar about his spiritual life.  He was a very intelligent man and at first language was a barrier, but as our team members prayed and shared Edgar understood more and more.  He did not pray to receive Christ, but seeds were planted.  Only God know the eternal outcome of the conversation.

Please pray for Edgar and the other people we came in contact with. Pray that God will whet their appetite to know more about Him.