At Covenant, we are spending the day with a family that is visiting us from Guatemala. The Doppenberg family moved to Guatemala 6 years ago from Beamsville to answer God's call to help there. After a few short term trips to help out, they saw that the need in Guatemala was prevalent, but also opportunities for them to begin to help.
Their story was told to us through the lens of Dave Tebbutt, a local film-maker who created the documentary 'Drops in a Bucket' which they shared with us (JKCS came up to watch with us!!). Their story of developing long term relationships, meeting the greatest needs, sustaining the support they've put in place has touched us in a HUGE way. The question of malnutrition, hunger, disease, medical needs seem so daunting from our corner of Ontario. Geoff closes the video, though, by saying: "When we first started, we thought 'It's impossible, .... it's too big a task..... But now, I have extreme hope and I believe it can happen in our lifetime...." How? God is using them as His vessels. "We aren't doing any of this. God is simply using us and is doing amazing things."
What can one person do? One small family from the Niagara Penninsula? We are all drops in a bucket. But together, many drops will fill the buckets of others worldwide. Thank you, Geoff, Rita, Gabe, and Luke, for spending the day with us!!! May God bless you as you continue to work with the people in Guatemala, and may your actions speak loudly into our lives and all those you touch to have the courage not only to know God's story, but to Take Hold of it!!!
The full-length documentary "Drops in a Bucket" has another limited showing on June 15 at the Mandeville Theatre in St. Catharines. The film trailer is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aWSESeQoWY
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