I posted 2 days at the same time… you gotta read Mono Loco if you haven’t.
Since we stayed in Antigua we were going to have an Amazing Race to see the city. We were in 4 different teams going around the city with a list of things to take photos with. It was so much fun. I have not ran like that in YEARS! We saw all over the city. Then we were able to go to the market for a little shopping. I am sure Preston & Bree will be excited to see what I bought them this year. I found the cutest little dress there for myself. Yurgan, one of our translators took my friend, Erin and I to a Jade factory on a tuc, tuc (a little taxi). Guatemala has green, purple and pink jade. It was beautiful. I know what I want for Christmas next year. :)
On our way back to Guatemala City, we stopped by the school at the dump. This is a large community that works in the dump recycling through the trash and a school is being offered to the children of these workers to offer education and 2 meals a day. They have hopes that these children can do more for themselves. I asked if poverty like this was all over Guatemala City and I was told that it is.
Dinner was incredible. I wore my cute new dress. We ate at a nice steak house. The group shared what they were going to leave with this week because Paul always prays that God can use the group to do great things but to have even greater things happen in the hearts of the group. When it was my turn to share, I of course was already crying… I shared that last year when I came to Guatemala I fell in love with the place and the people. This year I was inspired. I know God wants me to do more. I feel a burden on my heart for this country. I have been given much and I feel it is up to me to return it. I know that there are places all over the world in need but God has given me a heart for the people of Guatemala.
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