PHOTOS!!!!!

Tina and I having breakfast at the fanciest hotel in Antigua, Casa Santa Domingo. It was a beautiful place!




Somehow I always take out my camera when I'm with Kim. Here we are in Antigua at a roof top cafe called the Sky cafe. You can see the volcano behind us (faintly) and a very typical run down colonial building.





This is the cutest kid in the world. i don't know how she does it. Her name is Elizabeth and we played little games on the work site lots like putting rocks in a basket and pretending it was food. This is an incredible memory for me.





This is my small group and the family that we built a house for with Habitat for Humanity. This was an incredible experience for me. I was so honored to be welcomed into the lives of the people in this family. They are amazing.



This is my JOB! I'm mentoring one of the fabuloso students on our site. Kim and I are in Monterrico and our whole site is staying in beach bungalos. Needless to say I'm living a tough life ;)



Hanging out on the street in Antigua with a lady.



Tina, Lina, and me at the beach in Monterrico.




My co-leader Lars and I had a fancy dinner at Las Palmas




I'm making tortillas in a Mayan village. This was a really cool experience. We learned how to make coffee (right from picking it off the plant to ground coffee).

still in guate

hey everyone

I was meaning to put photos up today but I am trying a new internet cafe and it really sucks. I spent the last 2 weeks in a little town called Rio Hondo which is a 6 hour bus ride from Antigua. It is in the dessert so it is dry and really hot (41 plus degrees celcius on the hottest days). We were building homes with Habitat for Humanity. It was a challenging experience but ultimately a really good experience. The family that we built for was really in need and really awesome, quiet, and humble. It was an honor to be part of their lives for 2 weeks. Other than working hard in the hot sun and the dust we had a great time swimming in the river and a water fall and playing around at a water park. we were staying in some of the sketchyist accomodations i have ever stayed in. so dirty and smelly with cockroaches. yuck.

it was a cool time to learn about serving God and growing with eachother. it was tough work but i was really proud of the work that my small group did.

I am going to try to post some pictures soon but keep checking the site that i am working on for outtatown (the link is on the right side of this page i think). I put more time into that one cause it is my job.

i have 3 more weeks in Antigua to learn some more spanish and mentor my girls. i am really looking forward to it! ok bye