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Guatemala>Denver

Had more amazing french toast, but it hardly makes up for having to go home. Guatemala is too beautiful and the people are so nice it’s impossible to not fall in love. Especially when we were able to get a great picture of smoke coming out of the volcano that erupted a couple days ago. We had an hour layover in Houston, but having to do all the customs stuff made us have to run to the gate. Luckily, the plane was delayed (the one thing United is reliable for), otherwise we might not have made it. It was the craziest thing, a mission trip group from Family of Christ (Cassie’s church) was coming back from Costa Rica and were on the same flight, and apparently had to run too. I sat next to the pastor, Jeremy, and we talked most of the flight.

After we got all our luggage, we went to Red Robin with Aunt Robin (since we hadn’t had a real meal since 8:30) and talked all about our trip. I was pooped when we got home at 11:30.

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Our Last Day :(

We did more shopping today and I got cute sandals and bracelets for sponsors. Before dinner we had a while, so we played cards. Freddie’s kid came by and he is so cute! He’s named Antony after Tony! We went to Pollo Compero again for dinner. There were church bells going off all night, but it guess it didn’t matter too much because I wouldn’t have slept very well anyway with dread of going home. (No offense)

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Paquip>Pana

We drove from Paquip to a lake and took a 30 minute bus ride into Pana. We were going to go to an orphanage but that got canceled, so all we did was shop. We also took a break for lunch, which was really good pizza. I got an awesome sweatshirt thing that is an amazing color, pants, a backpack, and a magnet. Poor Brooke has a swollen foot and cold, but at least it didn’t happen until the end of the trip.

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Last VBS

Last day here with the kids. 🙁 We did a new skit at all 3 schools and played with them. It started raining early today, so we hung out in the church. Then we went to the micro loan ladies and I got a really awesome bracelet. We also played outside with the lightning bugs.

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VBS

We did our own VBS at schools today and it was really fun; I love all the kids! We went to Pastor Valario’s church service, but it was raining really hard so there was only one other person there. There was one thunder that rolled on for a really long time. After hanging out at the church for a while, we rode back to our hostiles in the back of the pickup truck with a tarp over it! It was quite fun and scary at the same time.

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Construction

Today we did construction and it was actually really fun. We raked dirt, shoveled concrete, and tried coffee beans (I didn’t like them very much though). This was all before lunch, and then afterwards we joined the VBS team at a school.

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Antigua>Piquip, Mayan Ruins

Had french toast for breakfast and it was like deep fried french toast and it was the best thing ever! Then we started driving to Piquip and bus rides are always a joy! 2 hours later we stopped at some Mayan Ruins and ate lunch. There was a big hole toilet thing and Rob was like, “Make your mark at the Mayan Temples and poop!” It was so much fun! 2 more hours later we were in Piquip or somewhere around there and we finally got to see some kids! All the girls are in one hostile and we were making sandwiches and we stayed up laughing so hard! We though it was late like 10:00, but it was only 8:30!

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Monument>Antigua

Fun times getting up at 2:30 in the morning to go to church. I went to bed at like 10 and was prepared to get 4 hours of sleep, and then I look at the clock and it’s midnight, so… The plane ride from Houston to Guatemala City slowly and steadily got delayed, all adding up to leaving an hour late. We had an hour bus ride from Guatemala City to Antigua, but it didn’t feel that long. Probably because we were all eating and talking and I wasn’t really tired because I had just slept really well on the plane. We hit the ground running doing an amazing race game all over the city, it was fun, but my feet are definitely tired. We got awesome journals, some really great flaky Guatemalan food with creme inside, and then ate a delicious chicken dinner at Pollo Comparo. I tested out some Spanish on locals, it wasn’t that good, but it wasn’t that bad either. Everybody is so tired and slap happy, it’s hilarious!