Lake Atitlan Hotels and Bars Invaded by Missionaries

Lake Atitlan Hotels and Bars Invaded by Missionaries

Christian Missionaries have found Lake Atitlan; they are coming here in large groups and living in Lake Atitlan Hotels. These groups feel like American tourist on steroids, they are hanging out in the bar called Solomons Porch, here in Panajachel, Guatemala. (One of the most popular tourist locations in Guatemala.)

As I was walking into the American Yuppie priced, feeling a little Hippie Crossroads coffee shop here in Panajachel, I asked my friend Anthony.
"What is a combination of yuppies and hippies?"
He says,
"California."



TMI - Too Much Information

Chris is carrying a toilet seat he purchased back to the Hotel El Amigo here in Panajachel; somehow, he has broken two toilet seats and feels it is his responsibility to purchase a new one. He stopped into the Dinosaur Coffee Shop, and receives his daily kiss from this missionary girl.

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Panajachel, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala --- Wednesday, March 24, 2010
By Andy Graham of HoboTraveler.com
| Guatemala Hotels
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Music and Love Christian Missionaries
Carrying the Guitar
Carrying the Kisses
Oops, I mean…
Christians carry the word of God

Missionaries are carrying the word of God, that is what they are doing. I asked Chris, why this missionary girl feels compelled to kiss him daily and give him a hug. She is about 17 and he is 61, normal American girls do not give the time of day to older men. He said something like,
"She gives some love, and maybe I will come to church services."



Missionaries making me pay for my sins
I truly believe the Christian religion is the easiest religion to follow on planet earth.

The easy system:
Step One: I sin
Step Two: I ask for forgiveness. (I need to mean it.)
Step Three: Through the grace of God, I am granted mercy, I am forgiven, even though I am guilty, I will never be punished for my sins.

Finished, and hopefully we go forth and sin no more.

The difficult system:
Missionaries often make me feel, I need to pay to be forgiven, that is not the deal offered. I have to go do a bunch of good deeds, listen to music, and kiss everyone, and hang out in a bar called Solomons Porch.

I do not feel guilty
Greg who ran the Christian Orphanage in in Leogane, Haiti with his wife Jasmine was telling me,
"Andy you need to pray."
I said,
"I do not sin, that saves on the need to pray so much."
"If I do not sin, I do not need to ask for forgiveness as much."

I look at many Christians in their heart and ask myself,
"Why do they need to pray so much?"
(I especially feel they sin when they want others to watch them pray.)

Good Deeds by Missionaries
I kind of think many missionary believe with good music, good love, and good kisses, then add in a few good deeds, this will believe they will pay the entrance fee to heaven. Then, they get the church to pay for their missionary trips to Guatemala, a country that is up to its ears full of Christians, write it off on their taxes and by good deeds, they are saved.

Voice of God
I was asked the other day if I wanted to attend a church service. My friend said,
"They will play music."
I thought to myself.
"That is the worst thing to tell me, the last thing I want to do is listen to music at a church service."

After a few days of thinking about this, I have realized why…
"I cannot hear the voice of God when everyone is playing music, kissing me, and trying to make me do good deeds."

Welcome to California.

Lake Atitlan Hotels and Bars Invaded by Missionaries