Guatemala!

Well, here I am in Antigua! It's the city we are staying in, and it's about an hour and a half from the airport in Guatemala. The resort is absolutely stunningly beautiful, and it's bringing back memories of Peru.

We flew over here on TACA airlines, which is based in Guatemala, and so all the instructions were in Spanish, with English second. It was an interesting experience, and I can empathize with people who are in an environment where their language is not spoken mainly. The flight was fairly uneventful except for the turbulance, that was crazy! It felt like a rollercoaster at time! But we made it through safely, and landed at 4 Guatemala time. Both times going through the airport was as fast as it could have been, praise God!

Today teams one and two (I'm on one) were chosen to go on an excursion! We drove for about 3 hours through the Guatemalan mountains to Lake Atitlan, which is over 300 meters deep in places! When we arrived in the village on the lakeshore, we got in a boat and rode for about 30 minutes to a small village that speciallized in producing textiles and agriculture. We performed our drama there, and then attempted to talk to the people afterwards about it, which was rather interesting because the main language spoken is a branch of Mayan, with some spanish on the side, so both groups weren't speaking in their native tounges.

We got back on the boat and rode for another 30 minutes to another village, and repeated the drama for them. It was really neat talking to the people, and being able to use the Spanish I've worked hard to learn.

Please continue to pray for us,

much love,

Hannah