Missions Archive
First Mission Trip Reflections of the Week- Olivia Hundley
This year’s trip to Guatemala was my first ever mission trip. Even though I had high expectations for this week and what God was going to do both in and…
ReadLast Day in zone 21 / First day in Patzun
Today we traveled from Guatemala City to Patzun, a rural town in the mountains. With the high altitude came some fun surprises, such as hand sanitizer bottles exploding and soup…
ReadSchools and Construction Monday in Guatemala
Monday 7-23-19 Day 3 in Guatemala City Following a great day of worship and house visits yesterday (Sunday), our team split in to 2 groups today. One group conducted 2…
ReadA day of celebration and reflection
Today we were able to be a part of the celebration of the 7 year anniversary of the Zone 21 church. What a great day of celebration it was! Not…
ReadDay One Guatemala
Hello church family. We would like to thank you for your support in sending us to Guatemala. Not only your financial support but your spiritual support. Your prayers are needed.…
ReadObservations Ivy Creek Baptist Guatemala Mission Trip 2018
Ivy Creek Baptist Church sent a team of 14 people to Guatemala City Zone 21 and Patzun. Our purpose was to share the gospel of our Lord and Savior Christ…
ReadYouth Are Great Teachers
First, before I explain what I mean by “Youth are Great Teachers” lets give some statistics that Pastor Jamie and Jorge gave us this evening at dinner. We have seen…
ReadMission Day in Patzun-Wednesday
We had a great day in Patzun, Guatemala. We made house visits to encourage families in the community near the church. The team also went to an elementary school in…
ReadSomebody Has to Pay
We begin the morning with another school visit in Zone 21. The kids were amazing as we were able to share the message of The Gospel to over 400 kids…
ReadJuly 9, 2018: Schools Visits
One of my favorite things that Pastor Jaime does is his work with the public school system in Zone 21. Today, we were able to experience that work first hand.…
ReadChurch Service and House Visits in Zone 21 Sunday July 8th
Today started off well, with a wonderful church service at Elim church. Stephen shared his testimony and Dave preached on 2 Corinthians 5:21. After the service we all went on…
ReadHola from Guatemala
Our mission team has arrived, and we were greeted warmly at the airport by Pastors Jamie & Jorge, Ingrid, and Walter. Today has been a day of planning for house…
ReadNew Year, New Perspective: Pastor Dave Wiley’s thoughts on the mission trip to Guatemala
My first trip to Guatemala with Ivy Creek was last year. In regards to the trip, I was nervously excited. I had been to Guatemala before, but I was taking…
ReadThanksgiving, Dreams, and Fears
Guatemala……. Stephen Mainer asked me to write a blog about what I am feeling and anticipating about the upcoming trip to Guatemala. Thankfulness comes to mind. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 give…
ReadGuatemala 2018 Pre-trip thoughts
As we close in on the final few weeks before you send us to Guatemala I would like to ask for your prayers that we will be spiritually prepared to…
ReadGuatemala Mission 2018
In just a few weeks you, Ivy Creek Baptist Church, will be sending a team of 16 people to Guatemala. The team will be serving in Guatemala City, Guatemala Zone…
ReadFriday, July 14th
Today was our last full day in Guatemala. As the group shared the last breakfast together, we went over our best highs, overall we all shared a common belief that…
ReadThursday, July 13th
Today was great day, we woke up really early to head out to the cafeteria where we had our breakfast, came back to our dorm where we prepared pb&j sandwiches…
ReadGuatemala Wednesday 2017
We had a very good day today. We spent our 3rd and last day in class. The children were excited to see us and we enjoyed our time with them.…
ReadIvy Creek Guatemala Mission Tuesday 7-11-2017
The ICBC team had breakfast this morning here at SETECA cafeteria. Pat & I met Herbert from Rome, Ga. he was telling us that he was born in Guatemala City and…
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