Where to begin......
1. The trip down here was good... didn't get sick or anything! Took Dremamine (sp) and all was well! (Despite traveling 3 hours in an "autobus" w/o AC on crazy roads, after eating at a famous fast food place called Pollo Campero.... we had donuts, pollo frito, and papas fritas... look it up.. it was pretty american).
2. There really aren't as many bugs as I had believed there to be. I don't have to soak my body in bug spray.. a simple spray at nite does it well. I have seen a tarantula and scorpion...but they weren't a threat.
story... last nite.. a girl "saw" the scorpion on the wall (even though the rest of us had the lights out) and leaped out of bed (she's on the top bunk) and smashed the scorpion con la Santa Biblia... she then proceeded to tell everyone (including those still alseep) that couldn't "take it out" It was squished on the wall, and dead... but she couldnt move.... Nor could the 2 girls closest to the smooshed scorpion on the wall.... so I, in barely anything b/c there is no AC, came the rescue... Ah de mi...
We have secret santas amoung the team.... I gave the dead scorpion to my secret santa.. He is one our student leaders.. hahaha
3. Food is AMAZZZING!! Guatemalans like alot of the stuff we have.. They love fried chicken, hence why they have a fastfood restuarant w/ this delicacy (Pollo Campenero) They also like PB&J.. Yesterday I had one with jalea de pina... pineapple jelly!!! Fue muy deliciosa!!
4. People.. We are all getting along and working together o so well. .. Tonite was fun.. We were practicing some songs in Spanish.. and then all of a sudden one of the guys on the team broke out into a Lion King song.... Circle of Life... which then led to singing of other popular songs from movies and the top song charts... O-- the songs we were practicing were about Jesus... but we ended up singing about "all the single ladies"..... haha
Guatemalans... incredibles.. they are all so generous. yesterday at a construction site we mentioned that we liked mangos and un hombre gave us a whole bag of them! they are very welcoming as well.. we walked through the small town outside of the compound we are staying in and everyone came out of their house to see, listen, and talk to us.. Conversations were limited.. but it was so different than America..
Kids.. We did a VBS today... from scratch.. Hable' sobre Noe'.... haha.. We then tried to sing a song I translated into Spanish. El amor de Dios.. God's love is wide and deep and long and high.. I can't really tell if they liked it or not? Yo no se'
My old peeps.. yes yes yes... I'm in a nursing home again... It's very different at this one , compared to Carver.. Especially since I have an even harder time, because they only know Spanish... I will going to the nursing home ever M,W,F... woop woop!!
5. Random stuff: I drank an aloe vera drink.. I received my first text message (I bought a phone down here and you received one when your phone is activated). They have alot drinks in bags!! It's so weird. Freeze tag in Spanish is "chuga" The Cubans that are staying at the same "site" as us... don't belive that I am in the VLC...Guatemalan fruits are sooooo goood... Especialmente la pina! We are called "gringos" by the Guatemalans.. I think it pretty much means we're from America, we speak English.. and possible don't know anything? It's not a term of endearment.. let's just say that...
6... God is working in Guatemala... Already we have seen people accept Christ. One girl led someone to Christ in Spanish..
Guatemala may not have the economy, money, technology, sanitation, or prestige of America.. but one thing is for sure they understand contentment. The people here are happy. Even with little, they give alot. People have been so generous to us... We came to share Christ, but in return have received "some" as well.


sorry for the typos and fragments... but... I got some spanish to do.... :D
hasta luego
mucho amor!