The Sachse Sentinel (Sachse, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 3, 1990 Page: 2 of 16
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The Sachse Sentinel
701-A Hwy. 78
Wylie, TX 75098
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The Sachsa Sentinel (USPS
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b/ Don Swanson at 701-A
Hwy. 78, Wylie, Texas 75098.
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ESTABLISHED 1976
Publisher - Don Swanson
Editor - Reba Liner
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News items: noon Tuesday.
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day.
Park Lake Baptist
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tremendous job," Reynolds
said.
One meal prepared by Mills
was fried chicken and all the
trimmings (he brought the
chicken in from Guatemala
City). The natives butcher
one cow per week in Chajul
and Mills was there to get
some for his Americans.
All the cooking was done on
a propane stove and two
hotplates. All water was boil-
ed for at least 20 minutes in a
large pot, then put into urns,
and then into canteens.
"The boiled water didn't
taste so good. We tried using
Tang, lemonade . . . anything
to improve the taste, but with
little results," Reynolds said.
When the group arrived, the
Indians were reserved. "They
wouldn't even look us in the
eye, but we went to the
square that night and began
singing and I played the gu'tar
and they loosened up,"
Reynolds said.
"They love music. The
children crowded around us,
while the adults stood in the
background.
"They next day the villagers
were open and warm, and by
the time we left we felt we
were a part of the com-
munity," the pastor said.
There are two other Ixil
Indian villages in the vicinity
of Chajul (Cotzal and Nebaj)
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One of the houses constructed
looking a lush Guatemalan valley.
and the population is about
60,000.
On market day (Tuesday)
residents of the villages can
easily be distinguished as
their handmade clothing is
distinct in color and pattern.
"There is complete segre-
gation of men and women. At
church, the men sit on one
side and the women on the
other. You never see husband
and wife walking together in
public. The men sit around
the square at night and the
women stay at home," Rey-
nolds said.
The Indians spend most of
their time farming and collect-
ing firewood.
"It's amazing . . . acres and
acres of corn planting on
sides of hills," Reynolds said.
"And firewood is used for ev-
erything."
So much so that a child may
attend the Wycliffe Bible
by Park Lake Baptist Church members sits on a hillside over-
Foundation School if he or
she brings a piece of firewood
daily.
The school, operated by a
group known as HELPS, Inc.,
is supported by a number of
organizations with work
groups and donations.
The trip to and from Guate-
mala City was an adventure in
itself.
The Sachse group flew in a
four-engine plane, along with
nine others, to Chajul in 25
minutes, landing on a short
dirt airstrip atop a mountain.
The trip back to Guatemala
City was by bus. "Chicken
bus" as Reynolds described it.
"The ride took 14 hours and
the bus was quite crowded.
There was a mountain on one
side and a sheer dropoff on
the other. The bus coming up
the hillside had the right-
of-way on the winding,
twisting roads. The driver
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would have to honk at every
turn and, as we were the bus
going downhill, we would
have to pull off on the edge of
the road and stop, letting up-
coming traffic pass. We won't
travel by bus again," Reynolds
said.
The homes built by the Park
Lake Baptist Church group
provided housing for two to 10
persons per structure. Village
elders determined who was in
most need of the housing.
"One lady who received a
home had found her husband
slain in a field. Another and
her four-month-old child were
living in a hollowed-out area
on a hillside," Reynolds said.
See page 16
for additional pictures
"It was a beautiful exper-
ience for our people and
theirs, too. Our only regret is
that we could do so little for
them."
Those participating in the
1989 Guatemalan journey
were: Roger Geiger, Rodney
Johnston, Barbara and Robert
Gupton, Phil Disney, Doris
Cloud, Pat Pensky, Koy
Goodwin, Ennis Brooks,
Randy Glover, Mark and his
wife, Judy, and their son,
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Liner, Reba. The Sachse Sentinel (Sachse, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 3, 1990, newspaper, January 3, 1990; Sachse, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth347812/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sachse Public Library.