Update July 24,2021 (update from Mary):

IMS Update: July 22, 2021

 The house project is in the information gathering, planning stage and we are waiting on the Lord's guiding and timing. There are many small groups, organizations and individuals doing their own particular charity works. Feeding programs are one of the main focuses here due to past flood damage from the hurricanes just over a year ago. The floods and mudslides wiped out whole crop plantations and personal gardens. The people lost their livelihoods as well as mud/water damaged homes.

 Although our ultimate goal is the South Pacific, it will be some time before it is open. Due to covid, the island nations are still shutting their doors to any and all travelers. We will do whatever the Lord has in store for us here in Guatemala and prayerfully do only what He shows us. He has been repeatedly bringing a scripture to our attention, 'Unless the Lord builds the house, the laborers labor in vain'. So while we are here, waiting for the South Pacific to open, we need your prayers that we only move and do the works we are supposed to. The needs here are so great that it would be easy to get distracted by rabbit trails.

In the meantime, Eric is working on more boat maintenance...