This week was outstanding with the team from Sharon Baptist Church from Georgia. With a team of 19 they made it happen. Fed the homeless, taught some children, gave away clothes and much more.
Again it was marvelous to see a team with passion and action and hearts challenged to change up. Yea God!
About 45 minutes - 22 miles as the crow flies to the north/northwest of Antigua are the ruins of Ixmche just this side of Tecpan - the original capitol of Central American Colony. Here you can find a worship/retreat center that was begun 1500 years BC. If you were to look at a Biblical time line, that dates these ruins to the time of Moses and the children of Israel leaving Egypt. These ruins included recreation and worship of the Mayan gods. They were in operation for nearly 3,000 years. They "coincidentally" stopped about the time the Spaniards arrived roughly 1500 AD - imagine that.
This first photo is of an ancient Mayan Ballgame field that resembles in some ways the modern day soccer/fútbal. The exception being that as we use our feet primarily, they used only shoulders and hips with protective gear made of armadillo shell and such. They could not use their hands and the goals were rings mounted on the sides of the pay area. For us the losing team goes home sad. For them the losers were killed. It is my understanding that this game played a significant role in the spiritual/religious traditions.This next photo is of an active section of this ancient worship/recreation center. Here they still practice sacrifices to the Mayan gods - without the human sacrifice element. Too bad they are still playing games with God - the losers though lose more than their lives.
Today was a special day as honored the children's ministry with the quarterly awards. These children were waiting for their partner in class to arrive on the stage. This particular group is the "Bosques" or "Rangers". What a blessing to see these kids actively involved in learning how the Bible applies to life.
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This week was outstanding with the team from Sharon Baptist Church from Georgia. With a team of 19 they made it happen. Fed the homeless, taught some children, gave away clothes and much more.
Again it was marvelous to see a team with passion and action and hearts challenged to change up. Yea God!
This first photo is of an ancient Mayan Ballgame field that resembles in some ways the modern day soccer/fútbal. The exception being that as we use our feet primarily, they used only shoulders and hips with protective gear made of armadillo shell and such. They could not use their hands and the goals were rings mounted on the sides of the pay area. For us the losing team goes home sad. For them the losers were killed. It is my understanding that this game played a significant role in the spiritual/religious traditions.
Today was a special day as honored the children's ministry with the quarterly awards. These children were waiting for their partner in class to arrive on the stage. This particular group is the "Bosques" or "Rangers". What a blessing to see these kids actively involved in learning how the Bible applies to life.
