Colorful Water Fountain

Strawberry Short Cake

Grandmommy makes the Best Strawberry Short Cake in the World.

Its a simple recipe:

Roll out pie crust dough. Cut in long 1 in wide strips. Bake in oven for 10 minutes. Cool
Then lawyer the following:
Pie dough crust strips
spoon full of strawberries
whip cream
and repeat

Judy

Ministry During Spring Break

Last week, a large group from Southaven, Mississippi just spent their Spring break in Guatemala. Glenn helped from time to time to transport the team members in our van to different locations. They did some "VBS" type ministry at a local Orphanage, painted lines on the cement basketball court and painted at a church. Thanks for your ministry.

Judy

Blast From Our Past

Sunday afternoon we were honored to have Matt and Amanda visit us for the afternoon. They had come for Juan's wedding. We enjoyed Pollo Campero on our patio and then watched the March Madness basketball on TV. We've known Matt now for nearly 20 years. We go way back when he was a missionary kid in Bolivia and most recently we see them in Siloam Springs while visiting Gary at JBU. Amanda has a new store. Check out her blog at:

http://www.Amandromeda.com

Judy

Before and After

I am sooooo glad when Juana comes after a full packed weekend of missionaries staying with us or traveling through!
Believe me, every dish, plate and bowl was dirty.

Last weekend, we had Cokers for 1 night, the Scotts another night, and then Paula stayed with us for 8 nights. The Scotts stayed again another night on their return trip from the USA, plus we had Matt and Amanda for lunch too.

Judy

Snapshots of Antigua and Flowers

Beautiful.

Judy

Happy Birthday Meredith

Today is my niece's 25th birthday! Happy Birthday - Meredith. Enjoy your special day.

Aunt Judy

Will I Make Your Blog?

Clay asked us right after I took this picture, "Will I make your blog?" Those words are music to my ears. Yes!
Clay ventured down here to Guatemala last week-end to spend part of his spring break working at an orphanage about 2 hours from the capital, up on the mountain side on your way to Tecpán. Wow! Spending your spring break from Texas A & M with some friends, working side by side the kids, clearing a field and other manual labor. What an experience!
We met Clay on his return to the city just before his flight to Houston. We showed him the coffee shop that processes the coffee beans. Here the ladies are hand sorting the beans.

Thanks Clay for your brief visit. We hope you can come back, stay longer and bring Catherine with you.

Judy

Chiquita Banana

I thought this was appropriate since it is Green and today is St. Patrick's Day.

Judy

Art Work for Sale

Art work for sale!

This is a colorful painting. Look carefully. It is an aerial shot, looking down on the Guatemalan ladies sitting in the market place, selling their flowers and fruit. You will notice the tops of the ladies' hats. As I look at this photo, I guess it is one of those paintings that it is better to view in person.

Judy

Birds of a feather....

What can I say? Beautiful.

Judy

Bathroom Signs - signs of the time

This is one sign you will not see in the US.

On the back of the bathroom door at the Amusement park in Guatemala, it says "Deposit the toilet paper in the toilet"

....as compared to the trash can where we normally throw the paper.

Interesting!

Judy

Roses Are Red....Violets are Blue

Look at these violets. Aren't they just beautiful. I don't have a "green thumb", but Juana keeps them alive for me.

More,
Judy

Omelet in a Bag

Have you ever cooked an omelet in a ziploc bag?

The best thing about it is that all of the individual omelets are ready at the exact same time. How cool is that? This is a great family project meal. This week, I had Gail and Caroline (along with Glenn) join me. One omelet slipped out of the bag so be careful!

Ingredients: eggs, and items such as (cheese, tomatoes, bacon, ham, mushrooms, peppers, onions, black olives, salt & pepper. (anything you might like in an egg omelet).

Directions:
Each guest will have a bowl with 2 eggs. Beat eggs. Pour eggs into individual Ziploc bag. Add a small spoon of water and a tiny bit of melted butter, then add any of the above ingredients. Seal bag and be sure that it does not leak. Shake briefly.

Drop in boiling water for 13 minutes. Roll onto Omelet plate and enjoy.

Judy

Sunrise

This time of the year, you can catch the most gorgous sunrise. Oh, yes, it is about 6am (during the winter months) 5am (during the summer months) when the sun rises. But it is worth every minute of the experience.

Guatemala DOES NOT go on Daylight Savings Time! So, on Sunday, when everybody in the US "springs forward", we remain the same. Guatemala will then be on the same time zone as Denver, Colorado.

Judy

Green Acres

Dinner with the crew from Green Acre Baptist Church. What a great ministry. These folks volunteered their time to come to Guatemala and help with Intermission Conference. Next year, their minister will be speaking to the adults and the childcare and youth workers will be from this church. Thank you in advance!

Judy

Taco Soup

Taco Soup

2 lb ground beef
1 chopped onion
1 1/2 cut water
1 pkg of taco seasoning
1 pkg of dry ranch salad dressing
3 cans of diced tomatoes
1 can kidney beans
1 can of pinto beans
1 can or corn
1 can of green chilies


Cook and serve with cornbread. Spread some grated cheese on top.



This is my sister's favorite soup. I think she fixes it once a week. It is so easy to make. I serve it and then freeze the left-overs for the "last minute" meal several weeks later.



Enjoy.

Judy

Car Stolen

No, not this vehicle, but one very similar to our Honda Passport.

Last Friday, one of our co-workers had parked their 1994 Isuzu Rodeo on the cobbled stone street in Antigua. They arrived early for conference, so spent a few hours shopping and eating lunch. When they returned their vehicle was G-O-N-E!

Imagine your weekend clothes, jewelry, favorite Bible and miscellaneous stuff in the car, stolen also. Since the vehicle is over 10 years old, it must have been stolen for the parts that could be sold individually. How sad.

If you think about it, remember our friends, Niel & Diana as they process this loss and replace their vehicle.

Judy

The Keeper of the Spring

With over 400 other missionaries in attendance, we enjoyed the weekend at a 5 star Hotel in the historic city of Antigua. Bill Lawrence from Dallas was the guest speaker.

Volunteer teams from churches in PA, TX, AZ and OK helped with childcare, youth program, and music. There were "break out sessions" with topics ranging from Maya traditions, Computer Technology and Communication with your support base, Culture Shock and Guatemala safety briefings presented by US embassy workers.

Marimba Music

The church from PA provided free services to the missionaries, such as a nice clean hair cut. Other options were back messages, manicures and hand massages. Another church provided 2 professional counselors and set up an English Christian book table stocked with the latest Christian books, novels and CDs. Wow!

We enjoyed the hospitality of those serving us. I am grateful for the opportunity to be refreshed in the word of God. I'm thankful for those 50+ volunteers that gave up their weekend plans to minister to the missionary community. Thank you!

Yesterday's post - My Marimba music didn't transfer from my blog to my facebook, so if you are viewing this from my facebook account, go to my blog account to listen to some great music. My blog address is http://www.judyfrommoody.blogspot.com

Judy

Marimba Music

Beautiful Guatemalan music! Over the weekend, Glenn and I attended the Intermission Conference in Antigua.

Enjoy the music. More photos tomorrow.