Last week in Guatemala

I know the last post was "one month" but really it was 3 weeks :)

Girls performing their ballet dance

Semana Santa is close, we got to see a procession

The rainy season is peeking its head around the corner and we are getting rain showers almost every evening. Every morning is bright and sunny in typical Guate form. Our house is "mostly waterproof" with 8 bowls and buckets placed around the house picking up most of the drips. (you can only chuckle when it comes to this house). The rain has changed activities a bit.

Eric has been trying to finish a project of stuccoing the shed at the Zimmerman home.  He ended the day finishing in the rain.  Eric and Eli have started construction on an Incinerator for the home, since burning garbage is essential to the way of life here.  Pray they will be able to finish before we have to leave.

It really rained hard that afternoon

We took a trip with the Zimmerman house (the older girl;s home) to Auto Safari Chapin.  We had four boys in the back seat of the pickup, Eric and I in plus Kiya and Kaiyin in the front seat, it was quite cozy!  Three boys had a sleepover that night and talked literally all night long.  In the morning, the three boys left early to make sure they got their chores done!

Giraffe literally close enough to touch

Movie night at our house

We hosted a Movie Night for the kids who had good behavior and performance in school.  It was fun to see how proud they were to be able to attend. Heather continues to teach in the school and the kids have shown a lot excitement toward learning.  Two kids got 100% on their recent tests and were so proud!

Visiting the school in Membrial

Dinner with our good friends Juan Pablo and Julissa

Griselda and Paty, both girls I used to teach

These girls can't be this grown! 

Dinner with our good friends, Rafa and Evelyn

Our friend's church tithing cans :)

Rafa and Evelyn

We were able to take a trip back to San Lucas for four days and visit dear friends both missionary and local.  We were able to see many of the girls we used to work with all grown up!  It was incredibly humbling to hear their stories of success and have them say that we were a part of their story. It made us realize how important it is to be generous and loving in every encounter because it could be a "moment" for that person without your knowledge.

We've been reading through the gospels with the kids and have read Mark, Luke and John.  The kids are fascinated with the life of Jesus in the gospels and said they like this type of story time the best.

Abi teaching baby ballet

With only 1 week left in our trip we are starting to become much more reflective on our time.  Our kids love it here and have all shed tears about leaving even though it's still a week away.  We are nervous about re-entry to the States.  We know that life moves whether you move with it or not.  We know relationships have gone on to places we weren't a part of.  We know it's difficult to fit back in, we've done it before.  Even though it's only been three months, we've changed, hopefully for the better!  We wonder if we were missed or if we're even worthy to be missed.  Then we feel pretentious for even wondering.  So many emotions, it's difficult to explain.