Thursday, February 6, 2014

Guatemala - Thursday Night

Just got back from a delicious supper (rice and stew, with brownie pudding and ice cream for dessert) and a wonderful church service (where they fed us coffee and a sweet bread before the service, and hot fruit punch and tacos with avocado sauce after).

We are very well fed.

I'm going to just upload a few pics, and then hit the hay. 6:50 a.m. will be here again before I know it, and we've got cement work to finish in the morning before we can go to the hot springs in the afternoon.

(I know... life's rough, right?)

Anyway - hope you enjoy this sampling of the beautiful things I saw today.

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A typical market sccene. (Yay!!!)

 I can't believe how much these tiny women carry around!

 One of dozens (literally) of stands with fresh fruit. YUM

 It doesn't get more fresh than this!

 A small part of the meat section... 

 Fresh flowers for sale year round. You can get 3 or 4 huge Calla lillies for something like $2.50.

 I was amazed at how specialized some of the stalls were. This one was for just sewing notions. (Yes, Rebecca  - they had yarn!)

 How many pounds of black beans do you want?

 Did you know there are, like, a bajillion varieties of bananas?

 I love the view of the volcano. This was on the drive to the women's shelter.

 Mirza is an expert bargain shopper. She even puts me to shame! She got all of this for around $200... WOW!

 These guys did an AMAZING job today! David (yellow shirt) is standing where they started. They did about 10 meters of fence in one day!

 Tom is enjoying the sunshine, warm weather, and blooming plants outside Dick and Sharon' s house.

 David brought a word to a very appreciative congregation at this church. Ken and Pastor Paul watched TV thru the whole thing. (Oh - maybe those are their tablets and they're videotaping.)

 These adorable little boys insisted on greeting us over, and over, and over, and over again after church. They were delighted to get their picture taken.

 See... I told you we were well fed! These were the tacos and hot fruit punch we were served at the end of the service. I thought they were delicous!



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