...we all need somebody to lean on...

It's not in our nature to have to rely on other people for just about everything we need to do, but that's exactly what we are doing here. As you would expect, there is a lot to learn living in another country, and without a lot of local help we are fish out of water.

But our new friends here in Guatemala have been beyond helpful, and it's been a humbling experience. For example, we have been looking for a car and a gal in the office named Vivi said she had a phone number at home of a good car dealership. That night she called us and said that the next day her and her husband would drive us into town and take us around to all the car lots. We could not turn down that offer. The next day we found out that her husband, Paulo, is a mechanical engineer and knows quite a bit about cars. They were tremendously helpful, and this is just one of the many examples of the kindness we have experienced.

As we have said before, we want to remain in a posture of learning here, and with the way the locals will drop everything to help us out has made it easy so far. In our new environment we are learing to rely on others and God more, and want to learn to mimic the hospitality and unselfishness that we have been given.


In the middle is the director of the office here, Sandra. On her left is her son Albert. They are our new neighbors. The other two are Drindis and her husband, Marvin. Drindis works in the office and is the one responsible for finding our new home. We were able to express some of our gratitude by making them dinner.