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Where's our ride?
I am reprinting my posts from the K&N Mission Team site mainly to save them, but also because a few followers of this site did not know about that site. The mountain climbing expedition aren’t here (see K&N site), but team members’ favorite moments are.
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Guatemala City may indicate the end of civilization. They have Wal-Mart. They have Burger King. They have (ultimate doom) Chucky-Cheese. Not even Chucky-Queso, Chucky-flippin-Cheese.
Despite the Westernization and Material Pollution, this is a beautiful country. Volcanoes, y’all. Big ‘uns. EVERYTHING is green, and the temp is 60ish. Truly a beautiful country. Plus, I’ve seen a few people that look like several of my favorite team members. Rudy and Betty!
During our briefing, we learned that we are not, in fact, going to La Democracia. Surprise! (my favorite moment of the day). We’re going to La Libertad, which is near LD (we call it LD because we been to Guatemala now). Still building a school. Still helping kids. This is an awesome trip, and our crew is great fun already.
ver that. Also loved seeing the not-yet-shaving, shotgun-wielding guard watching us (watching the girls is more like it). He stepped aside when the guy who has the job of emptying all the pay phones showed up. His 1982 Celica featured back fenders on the tires. We thought the guy needed shocks until he took about 25 trips into the bank carrying two huge bags of Guatemalan quarters. They make a lot of pay phone calls here.
Wait, we're going where?
Favorite moment of the day from the rest of the team:
Crystal: The Q & A with our host couple, Gilberto and Ruth–and our translator, Jair. They took us to church for a minute.
Brian: The cheeseburger I had on the flight in. FYI–no one else liked it. Weird.
Trina: The crowds of people as we walked out of the airport was absolutely breathtaking. Something you would see in a movie. AND, the pillow my hubby secretly packed for me. 
Craig: The sweet letters my kids made and snuck in my bags.
Gini: Viewing the mountains and volcanoes as we flew into Guatemala City. Big “touristy” moment for us.
Jay: The homemade dinner that was made for us by the field specialists, Bill and Lisa. Enchiladas!
Sarah: We saw a guy transporting like 2000lbs of quarters from the trunk of his car into the bank…2 bags at a time. His car slowly started to rise as he made more trips.
Donna: As we were walking through the town, Brian got cold, so he was on a “mission” to find a sweater. He tried on, what seemed to be an extra small sweatshirt– a grey one with a huge Sylvester the Cat. Jay told the storekeeper that he looked like a sausage. He went with another one.
Tom: Well it would be the hour I stood in line at the bank exchanging everyone’s money for local currency. However, it’s actually the moment I walked out with a wad of cash. Ballin!
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