We Arrived! Estamos Aqui

After a red eye flight and a cancelled flight in Miami due to a storm we arrived in Guatemala City just 24 hours after we left Missoula, Montana. Our first two nights were spent with fellow staff Jana, Edson and little Emma.

Next, we were driven to Antigua (45 minutes away) to meet our host family to get settled in before language school begins on Monday. We were first brought to a host family with a tiny, tiny bedroom with no windows, a barking bulldog and an unsettling feel altogether. Fortunatly, there was a mistake and our room was occupied for a few more days so we were taken to a new host family. We will live with the Gonzalez's for all three months and have already had multiple spanish conversations with them at meal times. We are blessed with privacy, a spacious bedroom and a very warm, friendly family. Already we are beginning to feel the stretch of a new language and culture; but God has taken care of us by giving us a place where we can find rest and relaxation.

Shane and Emma's jam out session!

We will post pictures of our home, host family and of Antigua soon. Thanks for all the encouraging emails.

Stories from Guatemala

To meet some young people in rural Guatemala who are fighting - and winning - against adversaries of hope click on the title above. I think they will be an encouragement to you as they were for me.