Christian Davis and I just hit a hole in the wall restaurant in Antigua. We had some Chorizo,rice, a little lettuce and sodas. WENT TO CHURCH WITH SOME LOCALS TODAY. great experience. Others went to Mickey D's. Cowards.
Here's Christian- this blog post is coming from a mcdonalds computer btw. We hit boot town earlier today and now everyone is checking out the markets. Everything is going great, hoping to find some local dessert shops
Sunday, August 1, 2010
For the record.....
...disregard the info on the right as you pull up this post. This is 2010, there's 18 of us and we're here to bulid 10 houses. More pictures soon.
2 years ago on this trip, Wes Davis had a temperature of 99.2 and called it a "fever".
Later.
2 years ago on this trip, Wes Davis had a temperature of 99.2 and called it a "fever".
Later.
We're so miserable without Wes Davis to pick on, it's almost like he's here..........
Internet availability is not good this year so blogging is going to be tough. Spent an hour and a half last night no to avail.
Besides, let's be honest: You don't care about what we write, you want PICTURES.
I'll write a little bit and then try to post some pics.
Got in fine. Twig is still missing a bag. He had to wear a pair of Jane's jeans today. (We get the feeling he was probably going to do that at some point anyway.)
Jim George forgot to set his watch back for the 2 hour difference. The first morning he woke up at 4:30, thinking it was 6:30. He woke up both his roommates and they got up and dressed for the work site.
When I saw John, our missionary contact. at the airport, he said "Welcome home, Gary". That made me feel good about what we do down here.
We've built 9 houses in the first 2 days. Only got 1 left and to attach some doors and windows on a few others.
Weather has been perfect. No rain at the work site, which is surprising because it's the wet season.
Going to a Guatemalan church tomorrow. Max, one of our Guatemaln helpers, is the preacher.
I wish Wes Davis was here here this year, mainly because it's easier to pick on him in person than it is a blog.
What's still the best way to get kids to begin interacting with you? Candy.
If it depended on my command of the Spanish Language, there would be no interaction.
I'm not above buying a kids short term affection with Starburst and Sour Patch Kids.
I'm pretty sure I saw Jim Everette trying to explain NASCAR to a Guatemalan guy yesterday.
We have been working in the shadow of a huge volcano. I hope I can send you pictures that do it justice.
We took a video of the driveway to the mission house. We'll try to post it. It's muis muis esteepio.
I'm not online as I do this. I'm waiting for a connection so I'll just keeping telling you stuff.
Half of the group has been before and that helps on the jobsite. The ones who haven't have learned quickly, though.
We had meatloaf for supper last night and lasagna tonight.
Everybody makes and packs their own lunch everyday. Most people fix two sandwiches so they can give one away to the family at the jobsite.
The drive to the worksite is incredibly hilly and steep. Up and down, up and down. I'm driving a 3 liter microvan filled to its 14 passenger capacity. Every day is an adventure.
Internet's on. Gonna post this, then try to post pictures. Wish me luck......
Besides, let's be honest: You don't care about what we write, you want PICTURES.
I'll write a little bit and then try to post some pics.
Got in fine. Twig is still missing a bag. He had to wear a pair of Jane's jeans today. (We get the feeling he was probably going to do that at some point anyway.)
Jim George forgot to set his watch back for the 2 hour difference. The first morning he woke up at 4:30, thinking it was 6:30. He woke up both his roommates and they got up and dressed for the work site.
When I saw John, our missionary contact. at the airport, he said "Welcome home, Gary". That made me feel good about what we do down here.
We've built 9 houses in the first 2 days. Only got 1 left and to attach some doors and windows on a few others.
Weather has been perfect. No rain at the work site, which is surprising because it's the wet season.
Going to a Guatemalan church tomorrow. Max, one of our Guatemaln helpers, is the preacher.
I wish Wes Davis was here here this year, mainly because it's easier to pick on him in person than it is a blog.
What's still the best way to get kids to begin interacting with you? Candy.
If it depended on my command of the Spanish Language, there would be no interaction.
I'm not above buying a kids short term affection with Starburst and Sour Patch Kids.
I'm pretty sure I saw Jim Everette trying to explain NASCAR to a Guatemalan guy yesterday.
We have been working in the shadow of a huge volcano. I hope I can send you pictures that do it justice.
We took a video of the driveway to the mission house. We'll try to post it. It's muis muis esteepio.
I'm not online as I do this. I'm waiting for a connection so I'll just keeping telling you stuff.
Half of the group has been before and that helps on the jobsite. The ones who haven't have learned quickly, though.
We had meatloaf for supper last night and lasagna tonight.
Everybody makes and packs their own lunch everyday. Most people fix two sandwiches so they can give one away to the family at the jobsite.
The drive to the worksite is incredibly hilly and steep. Up and down, up and down. I'm driving a 3 liter microvan filled to its 14 passenger capacity. Every day is an adventure.
Internet's on. Gonna post this, then try to post pictures. Wish me luck......
Monday, October 19, 2009
We've Arrived!
The team arrived in Guatemala around noon local time today. It has been an adventure already. Getting through customs today was only by the hand of God. Paperwork that I should have gotten by email before I left the states never reached me and forms that I had in my hand that no officials would take from me apparently could have messed us up! All of our medicine and clothing/shoes got through without incident. John King told us that two large churches in Alabama were praying for our supplies for two days earlier this week. Prayer is powerful.
We have had a few interesting incidents. Jeff Troutman got pulled over by the federales driving back to the mission house. It was a little scary but he eventually showed back up... Brian Boggs has taken out two plastic chairs already. At 6'7" we have now relegated him to the sofa. It's sturdier... And one of our team members needs to go to the US Embassy on Wednesday (tomorrow is a Guatemalan holiday). We think it will all work out and they will able to leave the country.
Avocado count stands at 13.
Incidents of malaria - 0.
Tomorrow we leave at 7am to go to a village 1 1/2 hours from the mission house. We will do all of our building in this village (15 houses) and on Friday the medical team will join us there for a clinic. We will also do our food/shoes/clothing distribution for 150 families in this village. (When I get a name I can spell I will share the name of the village with you.) Our medical team will work here at the farm that the mission house is on.
Please pray for us and for the children and the families we will get to share our week with. We are excited and anxious. Our village is quite remote and travel is always interesting. Cell phone service ends with the highway, 30 minutes from our destination. We expect it to be 40 degrees when we leave the mission house and very hot during the day. Welcome to the mountains of Guatemala!
Team members will start blogging tomorrow and we hope to have pictures!
Grace,
Jayne
We have had a few interesting incidents. Jeff Troutman got pulled over by the federales driving back to the mission house. It was a little scary but he eventually showed back up... Brian Boggs has taken out two plastic chairs already. At 6'7" we have now relegated him to the sofa. It's sturdier... And one of our team members needs to go to the US Embassy on Wednesday (tomorrow is a Guatemalan holiday). We think it will all work out and they will able to leave the country.
Avocado count stands at 13.
Incidents of malaria - 0.
Tomorrow we leave at 7am to go to a village 1 1/2 hours from the mission house. We will do all of our building in this village (15 houses) and on Friday the medical team will join us there for a clinic. We will also do our food/shoes/clothing distribution for 150 families in this village. (When I get a name I can spell I will share the name of the village with you.) Our medical team will work here at the farm that the mission house is on.
Please pray for us and for the children and the families we will get to share our week with. We are excited and anxious. Our village is quite remote and travel is always interesting. Cell phone service ends with the highway, 30 minutes from our destination. We expect it to be 40 degrees when we leave the mission house and very hot during the day. Welcome to the mountains of Guatemala!
Team members will start blogging tomorrow and we hope to have pictures!
Grace,
Jayne
Saturday, October 17, 2009
October Team Set to Leave for Guatemala
Tomorrow morning we will commission 30 folks on our next mission team to Guatemala. I am excited to be going back and am looking forward to adding medical clinics to our ministry this week. Please pray for us as we travel and that all of our medical supplies will be allowed into the country. They are calling for rain later in the week. Please pray that the weather won't be a hindrance to getting the houses built.
Thanks for the opportunity to go to Guatemala. We will try to keep you posted with lots of pictures. We're even attempting to shoot a video to be shown on Sunday morning. Keep your fingers crossed! Check back here often and post comments - it helps us feel connected to home.
Grace,
Jayne Davis
Thanks for the opportunity to go to Guatemala. We will try to keep you posted with lots of pictures. We're even attempting to shoot a video to be shown on Sunday morning. Keep your fingers crossed! Check back here often and post comments - it helps us feel connected to home.
Grace,
Jayne Davis
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