Appreciation for Translators

I always try to praise the staff at Ezell, because I know that they work hard. There is a lot of maintenance and ground-keeping that goes on, even when we do not have groups.

Another group that we really need to survive, is the translators.  

This makes me think of the letter written to the church in Corinth. Paul discusses in chapter 12, how the body is made up of many members.  Each member has value, but can not function apart from the body. All parts are needed to be whole, to be complete and to function as its best.

We could not serve well, if we did not have translators. It is nice to have people on the team who speak Spanish. Some groups have several that are bilingual and some groups do not.  In the later case, I need to hire translators, so we can communicate effectively with our patients.

These two translators, started with us last year, when we had a couple of activities.

Angela is on the left side of the table.  She lives in Xela and her full-time job is translating.  She teaches language on-line to children in different countries.  Melva, lives in Mazatetenango with her family. I have been shopping in Mazate and ran into Melva......Guatemala is getting smaller.

We also have a group that come from Chichicastenango, a couple from Antigua and Violeta's daughter Alejandra is now helping us.  I will follow up with photos of all these essential helpers.

Thank you, ladies! We value your ability to translate!