Cleaning Up
People who live close to street lights were out early this morning with brooms, shovels and wheelbarrows to clean up the piles of crunchy beetles … called something that sounds…
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Presenting Certificates of Excellence
Today, on the last day of this 2-week journey, the women were presented with Certificates of Excellence for the incredible job they have done in planting a Forest Garden that…
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Today’s Lunch
A carne guisada is on the luncheon menu today … it is a meat stew that uses a local red spice called achiote to color the broth.
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And Dessert Too
Dessert today is Arroz con Leche … Rice with Milk.
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The Playground
The kids keep themselves occupied in the playground, using the tire swings to build ever-more-complicated machines, while the women are busy cooking in their makeshift kitchen.
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Hosting a Workshop for ProPeten
The Women’s Group were thrilled to be approaced by representatives from ProPeten about hosting a 2 day workshop for about 30 indigineous people from other villages. The 2 days of…
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Preparing the Lunch
The women of the Women’s Group are hard at work preparing the lunch. They have been on duty almost every waking hour since the group arrived, cooking breakfast, lunch, dinner…
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Gabriel
We just returned from a couple of days with Enrique’s family in Guatemala City and I had the great pleasure of meeting his youngest grandchild, Gabriel, who at 8 months…
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Quirigua
I have driven by the Mayan site of Quirigua several times on journeys between Guatemala City and Peten, but the timing was never right to stop. This time, we planned…