The Beauty That is El Salvador

I encourage you to watch this short, 3-minute video and see the beautiful country of El Salvador.  

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Antigua: one of our favorite places

We made great time to Guatemala, arriving at Nelson and Rosemarie's home about 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.  Only Nelson was home because Rosemarie and the girls were wrapping up the youth camp.  By the time we got to hug Dani, Fabi and Rosemarie it was after 6:00!  After a quick trip to Walmart (found some Honey Nut Cheerios for Stephen), we had dinner and time to visit.

Thursday morning we were out of the house about 8:30 to go pick up the Pine Cove camp counselors for a free day of tourism in Antigua.  Having studied Spanish for eight weeks in Antigua in 2012, it remains one of our favorite places. 

It was lots of fun introducing the team to the cathedral, markets, arch and more.  Without contacting them, God orchestrated visits with both of our former teachers, Nanci and Corina.  Nanci and her husband live in Germany now, but were in Guatemala visiting her family for Christmas.  As I was waiting at the entrance to the market, they walked by!  Unbelievable to see them; seconds after they walked away, Corina walked by with one of her current Spanish students.  

We found a great place for lunch, visited another market and then ended our trip at the cross on the hill above the city.  Words don't do it justice, so here are some of the pictures:

 

Cambio de Rumbo--Saturday afternoon, evening

Saturday after lunch, we boarded the bus to go to the highest point on the resort property.  It was an unbelievably beautiful spot to see the mountains all around us. 

 It also served as a great backdrop for tons of pictures.

We had our second small group study on Chapter 2 of Jonah before dinner.  After dinner we were supposed to meet at the conference center for the photo booth and fellowship, but it was raining so hard, we canceled the evening event.  Instead, we had fellowship in our small groups.