Guatemala 2012

GUATEMALA 2012


I arrived in Guatemala on Thursday night and I will be staying in the country for 10 weeks.  In this time, I will be visiting 6 orphanages.

Right now I am at Prince of Peace Home for Girls.  I will be staying here for five weeks.  My work includes office work and translating/ hosting the various missions groups that visit from the United States.

On Friday I:
-woke up and took a HOT shower- yay!
-delivered breakfast from the kitchen to the group dining hall
-rode along to drop the team off at the airport (it was their last day, so they went back to the States)
-learned how to update the webpage of the home
-learned how to update the facebook and twitter pages of the home
-revised lists of the girls in the home and their ages, clothing sizes, etc.
-learned how to update the biographies of the girls
-learned how to make a "quinceñera" (15th birthday party invitation) for one of the girls
-learned how to print (in black/white and in color)
-revised the list of pictures of each girl
-learned how to put together sponsorship brochures
-helped clean/ make beds to prepare for the group that arrived in the afternoon
-went to the store to buy shower curtain hooks
-delivered lunch from the kitchen to the group dining hall and ate with/ met the new group that is visiting this week
-exchanged money at the bank (this took well over 1 hour!)
-bought a cell phone:)
-ate supper and visited with the group
-went to youth group with some of the teen girls
-went to bed:)

(this is in addition to meeting all of the staff and some of the kids:)

It was a busy day!


Today was a little slower-paced.
We ate breakfast and then went to the city of Antigua.  Our first stop was an overlook.  We could see the city, the famous cross (I still have to find out what the story is, but everyone has pictures of it) and the "Volcan de Agua" (Volcano of Water).

Then we went to the Artisan Market and did some shopping with the group.  This included bartering!  The best deal that I got was from my new friend (a woman who who sells hand-made pottery).  I bought a 50cent paper bill from her!  They stopped making these and only make coins now, so it is pretty cool:)