I am so glad to finally be here! Yesterday was a long day of flights, but it didn't really dawn on me what I had done until I was standing outside the Guatemala airport with my suitcases waiting for Oscar. I had stood about 10 minutes wondering what in the world I had gotten myself into when I saw Oscar and his daughter, Emily (6 years old). They took me back to the car where Karla and Emmanuel (Only the cutest 17 month old in existence) were waiting. I got a very warm welcome!
I love my room and their beautiful home and the country; it is so pretty with the mist and the not sub-zero temperatures! Today was really nice because I got to sleep in since church wasn't until 4:00pm. I played with Emily and Emmanuel and tried to wrap my head around the fact that I will be here for 3 months. There were so many instances when I had to stop and just say, "God, You are so much bigger than my fears, please give me peace and courage." And I pretty much repeated that over and over (paraphrasing, but meaning the same thing).
Of course Guatemala is different than Minocqua, but the one thing that I thought was funny was the way church works. The service starts at 4:00, so people are there by then, right? Wrong. The singing starts at 4:00, with about five people in the building. But by the time it's over twenty minutes later, the church is full. The pastor had a PowerPoint with pretty much all the points on it; because of that I was able to understand most everything, but if he hadn't had that, I would have understood about a fifth of what he said. My Spanish is so/so at the moment, but I can feel it getting better as I go along! The food is excellent by the way, very different, but so good! Beans, rice, and corn tortillas are the things I have found so far.
I made it through my first day and even drank some coffee! Now to overcome the next challenge: school. That's all for now and keep praying!
Suzanne
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