Today
(October
11th)
is
the
last
day
that
I'll
be
watching
my
little
charge.
His
older
sisters
have
finished
school
for
the
year;
the
school
year
here
runs
from
January
to
October.
For
two
barely
teenagers,
they
shoulder
an
incredible
amount
of
responsibility.
As
for
their
uncle,
Carlos,
he
has
undergone
surgery.
His
sister,
Mari,
says
that
he
is
being
incredibly
stubborn
about
not
staying
in
the
hospital.
Yes,
hospital
says
are
costly,
but
so
are
hour-long
ambulance
rides
every
one
or
two
days.
The
good news for me is that this means I can get back to the work in Los
Encuentros. I have a lot of people to meet with as I've been
delegating work during the past month and a half. So, now it's time
to collect the results of that delegation and see what's what. In
reality, I try to stay as uninvolved as possible because my physical
presence often causes prices to rise; it's racist, but it's the
reality that I deal with. However, some of the people I delegate
tasks to don't always see the urgency; so, I am sometimes forced to
wait or do things myself.
October
19th
is
the
completion
of
3
years
here
in
Guatemala.
I
feel
that
God
still
continues
to
mold
me
to
serve
the
people
better.
Recently
that
has
come
in
the
form
of
literature.
My
reading
list
for
the
month
of
October
includes:
“Toxic
Charity”
by
Robert
D.
Lupton,
“Pedagogy
of
the
Oppressed”
by
Paulo
Freire,
and
“When
Helping
Hurts”
by
Steve
Corbett
and
Brian
Fikkert.
They
arrived
yesterday,
and
I've
already
found
parts
of
“Toxic
Charity”
to
apply
to
the
work
in
Los
Encuentros,
Solola.
Feel
free
to
check
these
books
out
from
the
library
or
buy
them
to
read
along
with
me!
The Care and Keeping of
a Missionary
This
month I ask for your continued prayers for the family of the little
boys who I was watching. I would also like your prayers that the
work which I delegated during the past month and a half has been
completed.
Thank
you
for
your
love
and
support
over
the
past
3
years.
As
always,
you
can
contact
me
via
my
e-mail:
asimmer@gmail.com,
and
you
can
read
more
about
the
adventure—because
life
is
an
adventure
when
you're
not
the
one
steering
the
ship!—on
my
blog:
http://GringaOnTheGround.blogspot.com
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