What the whatever...
You guys and your silly blog wanting to hear all the adventures from Guatemala. Well, here they are, at least from my perspective.
We arrived at O´hare at 10am for our 1pm flight, checked our luggage, went through security, ate lunch and then when to boarding. There we found out our plane was delayed for maintenance reasons. After an hour and a half we boarded and having gone through the usual ¨fasten your seatbelts¨ business the pilot came on and told us that due to weather we would not be taking off. We sat in the plane for another 3 hours, which caused us to miss our connecting flight from Miami to Guatemala.
In Miami, Beth argued with the lady until we got a free room and food vouchers for the Airport Regency, because our next flight didn´t leave until 12pm the next day. We ate food, watched Contact and went to sleep. Suffice to say the next day went off without a hitch and we arrived in Guatemala and undertook the three hour trek to San Lucas.
Stuff here hasn´t changed much, though I´m happy to say that there is noticable progress on projects we worked on this winter. The house for the family with ten children is painted and almost complete and the women´s shelter has a floor and all. Dr. Sierra is also here, and though he´s noticably thinner due to illness, he´s as kind and helpful as always.
Today we worked carrying dirt from one place to another to enrich the dirt near the women´s shelter. It was hard and hot, but then it began raining which was fun. Not only was it refreshing, but we all turned to mud.
On the agenda for tomorrow is possibly some coffee sorting. Today we saw the process from bean to roast, and all the beans we picked this winter are now shelled and being sorted and roasted for sale.
Things here are fun and well. Our house has a fire pit and we are halfway through life stories and finishing them tonight. The group gets along well, and I feel that we all bring really interesting perspectives to the trip.
Go I-i, I hope that you´re all well and enjoying where life takes you this summer.
Adios,
Josue´
posted by lisa @ 6:26 PM
5 Comments:
this trip is so ganster! i´m loving every minute of it. its amazing how much the mission has done and how greatly they have impacted the rest of the community.
you guys are awesome! go gmala for posting first--booyah! say hi to lake atitlan for me, thanx. ~miriam :-)
Great job I-i! Sounds like you guys are kickin' it bigger and better than ever! Say hi to Father G for me - and I wonder if our buddy Felix is still there. Bring back some extra bottles of honey and bags of coffee.
I-i fo-eva!
ray (g'mala 00, china, 01)
i love you guys! group members, give sarah and josh a hug for being the best group leaders known to mankind. haha, life stories. you rock my world!
--megan
Good job Josh, Sarah, and the rest of the amazing g-mala group!!
Sounds like you guys are having an awesome/interesting time there :)
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