Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Guatemala Mission Trip

Well they (Airs, Liv, and Gabe) made it home safe and sound, with lots and lots of stories, and memories! Thank you all for your many prayers, and support to make this trip possible.

(Warning: These are pictures are not in any kind of order, sorry.)

 Jesus Loves the little Children....

All the children of the world...

The "Arch of Antigua".




Liv learning to make tortillas the Guatemalan way by the  "Tortilla Queen" on an open fire. She brought all she learned home and we're so glad she did. They are delish.












Arriving home, blessed!!

Stocking the shelves with the gifts that were given for the Malnutrition Center. What a blessing.






Some of the team would take a 5 A.M. guided tour through the city each morning before the day's work started. It was very interesting and they learned so much about the city.

The streets are very crowded later in the day, so it was nice to be able to walk through the city while it was deserted.







Getting ready to leave to go to Guatemala. It was a blessing to have so many of the family go together. There were 8 altogether,  from our family.



There were 3 volcanoes surrounding the city, one of which has had some activity this past week.
Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012
   Volcano Fuego has had 5 weak explosions ejecting ash plumes to 400 m above the crater, drifting west and northwest accompanied by rumbling and degassing sounds lasting between 1-5 minutes.

The first day arriving in Antigua was a free day. Zip lining and a tour of the Coffee Plantation were on the agenda.

The Zipliners

Just chillin' with Ronald. 
(This McDonalds was so fancy, people would get married here.)






Each day it was an hour ride from Antigua to San Juan, where the Malnutrition Center was. There were two buses, one was the "Quiet Bus" and one was the "Church Bus".  This is the "Church Bus". ;)

The Airline overbooked the plane going to Guatemala, so Liv and Ariana's seating was changed to first class and it was "First Class". Steak dinner and all.  Not to shabby for  their first flight ever. That treatment did NOT continue on the way home, however.


 Lots more pictures in the links below!
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Hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by :)

Pics by: Christiana

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like you all had alot of fun.
I am glad that you had a wonderful
time,and got back safely.
Missing you all this weekend.

Tabs

Amy Jo said...

Great experience I'm sure! What group did you go with?

Glad ou are back safe and sound! We missed you at the wedding!
The R's