I Have Arrived!

Last Sunday, I finally arrived in Guatemala City, Guatemala! After arriving 45 minutes behind schedule, my plane finally landed in Guatemala City where my contact, Jennifer Giesemann, was thankfully patient enough to wait for me at the pickup area outside of the airport exit. We went out to lunch in Guatemala City and then drove down to Antigua where she introduced me to the family with whom I will be staying with for the next month. An elderly woman runs the home with the help of her granddaughter and a few other family members. Besides me, there are two other guests: one from Korea and the other from Guatemala City. Everyone in the home is great and we have had a lot of fun trying to communicate with each other (I don't speak Spanish and only the guest from Guatemala City can speak English). Usually conversations at the dinner table are made up of  a mixture of Spanish, English, and our own version of sign language. The house is beautiful, decorated in a traditional, Guatemalan design and is conveniently located in walking distance to all of the tourist hot spots of Antigua. I thank God that he has provided me with safety to Antigua and for a great housing situation!

This is the view from my bedroom window. Very faintly, you can see what looks like a mountain. But that, my friends is no mountain. It is an active Volcano!