We've had a wonderful time and have many stories and pictures to share with you. I have a few pictures on my phone but most will have to wait until we arrive back in the States as they're on my camera.
Our group this year is much larger than last year when Lydia and I were here. There were 18 participants last summer and this year number 34!! Ten of them are under age 20, and Becca isn't the youngest. It has been fun to have lots of young people around. On our bus rides through Guatemala, we can be found singing rounds of a donkey song one of the women shared with us- the teens participate for about two rounds and then groan and stop singing. 😋 There are two buses due to the size of the group and our clan calls ourselves the "Fun Bus" although in reality I have no idea what the other bus is doing! 😉
Although it is the rainy season, our mornings and early afternoons have been sunny and clear, which makes visiting the villages easier, especially on back roads. Yesterday the area we were visiting was farther into the countryside than the buses were able to handle, so we rode in pickup trucks from the main road back through the woods and into an area filled with large fields and small homes. Becca shared that she wishes every day she could commute via the back of a pickup truck. 😄
The abundance of fruit trees here is just amazing. One of the homes we visited yesterday had a lemon and peach tree- at every breakfast we are blessed to be eating fresh pineapple, watermelon and papaya. There are banana and lime trees in the backyard of where we stay. It will be hard to return to the fruit in the States after enjoying it straight off the tree here!!
Well I am writing this in the very early morning and need to get Becca up and moving- somehow she doesn't wake to the sounds of the rooster, pigs, donkey, dogs, cows, etc. that also live in the backyard! I will be back with more stories and pictures another day! Thank you for all of your prayers. I have been surprised and thankful with how well Becca has done here- really enjoying her trip! 😄
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