We visited with Danny and Daphne in their Rock House in Santiago. Note the kids hanging out the window!
We had traditional meal of beans and rice along with tortillas made by hand. We joke that Daphne is trying her hardest to learn how to make the tortillas just like the Tsutujil ladies do in their village.
Happy Mother's Day. To the best mom in the world. Mom, when I went through my archieves of pictures to find a good one of you, I could not find a single picture of just you. You are always with family and friends. You are surrounded my those who love you and are dear to you.
Mom would always take good care of me as a kid. She would make sure I would get to school on time. She would make my lunches, wash my clothes and even help me with study & work on school projects. All my friends knew my mom as she would volunteer to be Room Mother or even drive on field trips. She was involved in every aspect of my growing up. Thank you mom.
Even as I became I mom, she would help me out. She loved me by "potty training" each of our 3 kids! Way to go mom! You are the best. When I do return home, she fixes my favorite meals such as chicken fried steak or pork chop and potato casserole. I can't forget about my strawberry shortcake or Dr. Pepper jello salad! Mom is the best cook in the world! She is famous for her mince meat pie, banana nut bread, peanut brittle and peach preserves.
We took a boat ride over to a private resort/hotel/hostel on our way to the village of Santiago. This resort is literally smack on the side of a cliff. Yes, there are lots of steps. The view is fantastic, overlooking Lake Atitlán with the 3 volcanoes in the back ground. There are about 10 private and/or shared rooms. The decor at Casa Del Mundo is very authentic. It is a very peaceful and relaxing atmosphere. The landscaping is spectatular.
The Cachiquel lady dressed Kelly up in the traditional huipil and skirt. The skirt is just a wrap around with the belt tied tightly around the waist. The hair is pulled back with the foot long material wrapped around the pony tail and twisted around in the front. Quite unique.
Stephen is 9 years old today. Stephen loves his cousin Gary. He loves to play with Legos. Stephen is very slow to speak because he wants to say the correct thing. His mind is always processing stuff. He loves his grandparents. Stephen is a good student. He is very patient. He likes to read.
I am always looking for new locations. On our trip to Panajachel, we took the afternoon and drove to San Antonio Palopó along with Wray. On our return trip, she took us to this bread store just around the corner from Mike's coffee shop. Wow, the bread smelled so delicious. And then across the street was another bakery.
Glenn and I are taking a 3 hour internship class through Moody. What that means is that we are developing some communication tools and implementing them here in Guatemala.
Here Glenn is showing our supervisor, Elisa, some "tricks of the trade".
During the past 2 days, we have been visiting around Lake Atitlán with Chad and Kelly. The first day, we drove through Patzún and on into Panajachel. It was so cloudy and smokey, that you couldn't see the volcanoes on the other side of the lake, you could only barely see the water. Our second day, the sun broke through and we had a beautiful view 0f Volcan Santiago and Volcan Toliman.
Breathtaking.
I just love this rose.
Think of it as the "Baskin and Robbins" of Guatemala. We had CAM missionary Tim Blycker from Mexico here several nights ago.
Judy
Over the past weekend, we participated in the annual Fellowship Conference here in Guatemala. Roger Raymer was our guest speaker. Music was provided by different missionaries. And we had excellent youth workers, Chad and Kelly from First Baptist Liberty City along with Mark and Kristin from First Baptist Lake Jackson. Thank you so much for your help!
