We're off!

The mission team is packed and ready to go. Fr. Tim Thompson, Phil Carosone and Samra Bufkins from St. Mark are hauling 200 pounds of school supplies for the children, and will be joining 6 members of St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in North Richland Hills for the mission trip. The area is recovering from Tropical Storm Agatha, which buried houses in mud, killed 150 people, caused a gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala City, and washed out roads and bridges in massive flooding throughout the region.  For a while there was some question whether we would even be able to get from Guatemala City to Patzun, then it appeared we'd be hiking part of the way, but reports now are that the road is open.