WINDING DOWN

Sorry for the lateness of this blog. My fingers were willing last night, but my brain and eyes were shutting down.

In the previous blog I said that the team was going to the seminary to help in the con-struction of an apartment complex. It was more like de-struction. We moved a lot of broken concrete blocks that came from a wall that had been torn down and put them in a pile for a truck to come in and carry them off. We also dug up a lot of sod so the ground could be leveled. Someone made the comment that this was the most physical labor they had done in a year.

Most of the team is off to Monterrico on the coast today for some sand, sun, ocean breezes, and swimming. Three of us older heads stayed back to tour Antigua. (Rusty may take exception to being called an older head, but that's what he gets for having gray hair.)

The entertainment we enjoyed Thursday evening at Restaurante Don Rodrigo bears further description. Although, words cannot completely describe it.....you needed to be there. At one point during the dinner, a group of Guatemalans came out dressed in elaborate costumes complete with masks and did a dance routine to the music being played. After they danced for a while, they invited members of the guests to participate, which several of our group did. It was fun and entertaining and then, one of the members of our team, I'll not mention a name, but he is head, shoulders, and overall body bigger than the dance team. He started doing the can can and the Guatemalans retreated to the sides of the dance floor, their routine blown out of the water. If it had not been for the masks, I am sure we would have seen stark terror on their faces.

All in all, the trip this year has been a success even with some of the delays and at times not knowing if we were going to be able to accomplish what we came to do. But God is good and is able to complete His work in spite of us.

Hopefully, we will get the vehicles out of the parking lot at an hour much earlier than the attendants want to open and be on our way to the airport. It has been fun blogging and from time to time I hope to continue. God bless you all.

Luisa