Continue to Pray

We still don't know anything; it has now been more than seven hours. What we do know doesn't look good. The rest of the group returned to the children's home, while Daniel, Kendon and two other men stayed to help with the search. Wendy talked to one of the boys when they got back and he said that he almost drown -- that he was with Chepe in waist deep water and suddenly he felt like he was being pulled out so he started walking backwards and his feet came out from under him and some people in a boat helped him. That's when he turned around and couldn't find Chepe. Of course, this is like the telephone game -- a lot of people sharing different perspectives, I am hearing it second hand after it has been translated into English, so we are still trying to sort out the facts. Another teen on the trip said the water was only knee deep and very calm.

We are still praying for a miracle. Daniel, Kendon, and the other two men had to come back because it was too dark to continue searching the beach, and since it is Guatemala's Independence Day, all of the hotels near the coast were full. They plan on leaving at 5:30 am to drive the 2 hours back to the coast to resume the search.

Please keep praying! We will keep you posted as information becomes available.