Back Home in Guatemala

Well, it was a wonderful weekend. Thanks so much to everyone who showed us hospitality, especially the Shaw family, the Wamsley family, and Carrie (for letting us sleep at your houses). Again, sorry we didn't get to see more people, but time constraints and "Guatemala Gut" both took their toll.

The good news is that Matt got to spend some time with his friend Ken last night and Heidi got to see some more work friends, who spent much of the evening trying to plan a visit to Guatemala!

Obviously, we made it back to Guatemala in one piece, though we did have a minor moment with the truck. Oscar picked us up at the airport, took us to UNICAR to drop off some gifts for Dr. Cruz Molina, and then to Antigua to pick up our truck, which had had some maintenance work done on it. We drove it to Via Real, our travel agent's office, paid our bill, and came out to leave. The truck wouldn't start. Oscar had to go back to the shop and bring the mechanic to our truck, which was illegally parked under "the arch". Oops.

Anyway, we ended up with a new battery. No big deal, just one more thing you hope not to deal with when you have a limited command of the language (especially with a limited ability to name the various things under the hood in Spanish). But God took care of us by making sure we not only had the ability to pay the bill, but that we had our problem less than a mile from a place that could help us (and before it started to rain!)

Well, our first big clinic in Quiche is tomorrow. It's really combination of two clinics and we're well aware that the people have been waiting for us for some time. It will likely be a VERY long day. Pray for our patience as well as our patients!