Sometimes one photo can describe a day so well. We thoroughly enjoyed "house church" with Mike and Adele Roberts and their daughters Kasia and Lungi this morning, and then went to this $4/plate restaurant in a guy's living room. Go figure. It was fantastic food.
This picture shows our finds from our first Guatemalan garage sale. We found a table for Dave's "office", a few bowls and spoons, a basket, and a little plastic dump truck for Zane. It probably doesn't surprise our readers that we were finding discount deals on used items, even in another country.
The red vehicle in the picture is our taxi (we don't have a car). This is a "tuc-tuc" (took-took), and they are everywhere. It costs about $3 to get home. As you can see, it resembles a three-wheeler with a tent on top, powered by a lawn mower. Danaya and I reached up and held the table on top, all the way home.
Tomorrow morning we go to Tierra Linda. We found a very useful book today: "Introduction to Kakchiquel Maya Language". Many of the villagers don't speak any Spanish, just Kakchiquel Mayan. So we're going to learn what we can.
Zane is doing really well. He had a sponge bath tonight, since we haven't had any hot water for three days. He's been napping in the backpack regularly, and collects rocks wherever we go. He's not into refried beans yet, however.
Your continued prayers for safety are appreciated, since in this coming week, we will become known as the foreigners with lots of valuable electronics. In a country where people do what they need to in order to survive, we pray not to cause situations of danger, either for us or for the people we are seeking to help.
Sometimes one photo can describe a day so well. We thoroughly enjoyed "house church" with Mike and Adele Roberts and their daughters Kasia and Lungi this morning, and then went to this $4/plate restaurant in a guy's living room. Go figure. It was fantastic food.
This picture shows our finds from our first Guatemalan garage sale. We found a table for Dave's "office", a few bowls and spoons, a basket, and a little plastic dump truck for Zane. It probably doesn't surprise our readers that we were finding discount deals on used items, even in another country.
The red vehicle in the picture is our taxi (we don't have a car). This is a "tuc-tuc" (took-took), and they are everywhere. It costs about $3 to get home. As you can see, it resembles a three-wheeler with a tent on top, powered by a lawn mower. Danaya and I reached up and held the table on top, all the way home.
Tomorrow morning we go to Tierra Linda. We found a very useful book today: "Introduction to Kakchiquel Maya Language". Many of the villagers don't speak any Spanish, just Kakchiquel Mayan. So we're going to learn what we can.
Zane is doing really well. He had a sponge bath tonight, since we haven't had any hot water for three days. He's been napping in the backpack regularly, and collects rocks wherever we go. He's not into refried beans yet, however.
Your continued prayers for safety are appreciated, since in this coming week, we will become known as the foreigners with lots of valuable electronics. In a country where people do what they need to in order to survive, we pray not to cause situations of danger, either for us or for the people we are seeking to help.
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2 comments:
Great tuc-tuc!
Wow, I can't believe I've never seen a tuc-tuc! It looks so new too. One day Zane will remember refried beans with much fondness.
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