Day 2

Apologies for such a poor entry yesterday!!  Very sporadic internet and it kept going down while I was trying to blog!  Hopefully most of you will be able to piece things together to get a rough idea of our day! This morning began with another round of dish duty.  We are starting to get the hang of things!!  Rinse in beach water, scrub, rinse in bleach water again, stack in the racks and . . .  repeat!!  A treat this morning was to hear a most impressive group of young adults who were leaving, sing a song they wrote about their Guatemalan experience!  One couldn't help but be moved by their words.

 Today we went aboard 2 lanchas to tour Lake Atitlan.  Bear in mind that neither one even came close to Coast Guard standards regarding life jackets or screws being tight to hold the roof down!  We were taken to 2 villages.  The first being primarily a tourist market but the second was Santiago.  We were fortunate to visit a 400+ year old church that was the site of the unfortunate murders of recent martyrs during Guatemala's civil war.  We were taken by tuk tuks from the lake to the church.  A unique first experience for many in our group.

Our day ends again with a Mass with Fr Houser and a time to reflect upon the many things we witnessed today.  The camaraderie of our own group but also the fellowship with some of the other missionaries.  I enjoy watching the pride of young parents bringing their babies for Baptism.  We were told today that 3 -4 babies are baptized every day!  Amazing!!

Tomorrow we are scheduled to see the school, the hospital, the women's center and the coffee production facility.