Transitions

We are noticeably coming to the end of our Outtatown journey as we finished our Spanish classes and home-stays this week.  We also wrapped up our Tuesday Service Days this week.  This week seemed to fly by as we studied for our final exam and finished up our shopping in Antigua markets.

Friday morning we got early and climbed Volcan Pacaya.  It was about a 1.5 hour hike although some of us rode horses partway up.   Unfortunately we didn’t get to see any lava, but we did get to roast marshmallows over volcanic heat pockets.  The view from the top was absolutely beautiful.  

This week Deanna came out to Guatemala and also brought us our much anticipated mail.  This week was also Impact San Juan week.  In our PMG groups we were given the task of coming up with a way to impact our host community of San Juan.  I think we all enjoyed creatively coming up with different ideas.  Some of the things groups did were picking up garbage, giving a cake to our hard working Spanish teacher, and playing with kids form the community.  I think it was a really great experience for all of us.  

This next week is Independent Service Week, so we are splitting up into 6 groups and heading off to different locations.  There are a few construction projects, some inner-city projects and a group going to work at a boy’s home.  Keep us in your prayers as we head off to a week of service and loving the people we com into contact with.  Look forward to our next blog post telling about each different service project.

- Kelsey