It is hard to believe it, but here we are. We're in Guatemala! Thank you to everyone for your prayers for our safe travel. For the most part, our journey was uneventful and smooth with no glitches(which parents and family members always like to hear!). Check-in, security, wait at gate, wait to board, fasten seat belts, deplane, go to next gate, wait, get Starbucks, board plane, watch in-flight movies, etc. Our quick landing in Guatemala City though was hard enough to wake the dead or maybe just Courtney and it evoked lots of cheering from the passengers when we stopped! Thank you Jesus for landing gear that can handle the short Guatemala City runways. Don't worry, because of Guatemala City's location in bowl, they don't have a lot of space to just glide in for a landing, so this is normal!
Despite that exciting part of our trip, the best part is always being welcomed into the warms arms of Kevin, Ginny, Manuel, and anyone else they bring along for the ride(this time it was Julio). For those of us who have been here before, we know these faces and how seeing them gives us the feeling of coming home again. For the newbies in the group, they will soon find this out. The missionaries here are going into their 3rd straight week of hosting teams, and even still their love and joy is not diminished.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers. Pray for all of us to stay healthy, and for our friends to get rested from the busy last two weeks. Keep coming back here for daily updates on our adventures, and enjoy hearing about our activities from a different person each night!
Buenas noches!
~Deaconess Betsy
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