Back in town

So the interns are back in town. Sorry for the lack of posts last week, but there was no internet in our room that was good enough to get access. So we spent our weekend at Lake Atitlan. Thursday was our last day with any kids and then Friday morning we drove to the lake and had breakfast at an incredible hotel.

Yes. It was beautiful. The lake is surrounded by 3 active volcanoes. To the left were San Pedro and Santiago and to the right was San Miguel. So we spent our morning eating breakfast with the group before they headed back to the city to end their trip. We, the interns, then headed out on the lake to the other side to Santiago Atitlan to do some shopping. Once across we met this very nice little boy named Miguel who deemed himself our tour guide. We were concerned that he would be a beggar who only wanted our money, but he really just wanted to hang out with us. So we walked around town to different shops and just took in the city. Our little guide also decided to teach us some of his native language, Tzutujil. The first phrase he taught us was "No, thank you" which is mitiox chaba. ALWAYS helpful in situations like the one we were in where we didn't really want or need anything we saw. So we spent our morning there and then took the boat back to Panajachel. In Panajachel we got to spend the afternoon relaxing. The group mostly took a walk down this main road that was completely filled with shops. I chose to relax and take a nap instead of the long walk that others took. That night we relaxed and ate dinner at the hotel and went to bed in a nice strong thunderstorm. We got to sleep in the next morning and walk around some more before heading out and driving back to Guate City.

So now we're in Guatemala City and we got to just hang out and grocery shop yesterday and then this morning we went to Fraternidad Cristiana de Guatemala for church and it was HUMONGOUS! It was really a great worship service and we all enjoyed being there. After lunch we came back and got to hang out for the afternoon until about 3 when we went to the baby orphanage for a couple of hours and did our own VBS activities. These were the kids that we spent our first day here with, so it was fun seeing them all again. This week is going to be a little crazier than normal because we're going to be traveling around so much in town working with different places, but it should be fun!

I'll keep you updated!