Today was our first day of classes. We all like our teachers a lot and we felt like we learned a lot. I'm not sure if it was just luck of the draw or if the school strategically matches students with instructors but we are all very compatible with our instructors. School takes a lot out of us though because listening to Spanish and speaking Spanish for 5 hours is very exhausting! I can't possible write about all of the things we've seen and done but I'll give it a try.
Saturday: We toured La Merced, a beautiful church in Antigua. It's the yellow and white one in the pictures. We also went to the market to visit Abraham, the only professing man in Antigua. He was SO surprised when he turned around and saw me there! Abraham and the three of us had fun visiting and he treated us to liqueados in the market.
Sunday: Abraham picked us up in the morning and brought us to meeting at Esa's house in Guatemala City. There were many friends there and they like having visitors from the States! After we had lunch with the Escobars (Esa's parents). Then, Esa gave us a sort of informal tour of the city which including seeing CasaVerde, the president's house. (CasaVerde translates to The Green House which is just like the White House, only green!) Also, Esa brought us to Oakland Mall, a huge mall in Guatemala City. I had such a fun day visiting with Esa and getting to know him better. Everyone out there might already know this, but Esa received his visa on April 27th to come to the United States! He is coming on June 30th and we feel really lucky that he gets to see what's on the "other side of the fence!"
Here are some photos. I wish I could add more. We have SO many photos that we want to share but it takes too long to upload. Again, they are in no particular order.
1) Banana and papaya smoothies with Abraham in the market.
2) Smoothie shop
3) One of our scariest encounters in Antigua so far. (It's a HUGE spider for those who can't see.) Kadrie pulled out some bravery from somewhere and killed it while Adrian and I screamed in the background.
4 and 5) Pictures of our room/house. It is truly beautiful. We are really lucky to all be in the same room and to live in such a nice, clean house. Also, so much for decreasing our waistlines: the food is excellent.
si otra vez fue el primero!! casa verde hahaha this word is me and amy! amy tqm!!!muchoooooooooooooooooo, Yesterday was a very fun day and (to be with you was the best part of my day) Today I thought a lot on your first day of classes. Amy I remember the girl and smiled yesterday. bye eres la mejor cuñada que la vida puede darme!
ReplyDelete¡Un hermoso día en Dakota del norte hoy. viento ..no que es un milagro!! Tuvimos a huéspedes para la cena esta noche tan yo bonito mucho cocinó todo el día. ..Linda y Jim Sorenson de Arkansas, Aggie, el Almiar y Ann, Roberta, el Petirrojo y Clark. Cociné pollo con salsa de carne, pastel potatoes,etc.....pecan triturado para el postre. ¡Es tanta diversión de ver las imágenes que usted anuncia. ..thank usted, Amy! Gracias Esau` para conducir a estas señoritas a la Ciudad de Guatemala ayer para iglesia. Qué un privilegio.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful day in North Dakota today...no wind which is a miracle!! We had guests for supper tonight so I pretty much cooked all day...Linda and Jim Sorenson from Arkansas,Aggie, Rick and Ann, Roberta, Robin and Clark. I cooked chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes,etc.....pecan pie for dessert. It is so much fun to see the pictures you are posting...thank you, Amy! Thank you Esau` for driving these young ladies to Guatemala City yesterday for church. What a privilege.
I reread your post...ABRAHAM picked you up, Esau` gave the tour...thank you to Abraham AND Esau`!!!
ReplyDelete¡Volví a leer su poste. ..ABRAHAM que usted recogió, Esau` dio la visita. ..thank usted a Abraham Y E!!!
GIRLS! Everything looks just great and you are learning SO much about life, like how to get rid of very large spiders!!! Wonderful that you love it there. ENJOY the day!
ReplyDeleteSeeing Abraham's smiling face in the first picture totally made my day! I was a bit mystified by the picture of the floor until I read the post, then I went back and saw the spider cleverly camoflauged. The house is BEAUTIFUL! I love the garden/courtyard. Ummm...where is the picture of La Merced??
ReplyDeleteFeliz dia y estudien mucho, muchachas!
A beautiful summer day...at last. Enjoy the summer weather in Guate...there may not be any when you get back here. Missed you at Bible study tonight, Kades. We love the pictures. Thank you, Amy.
ReplyDeleteHi girls, I just found your blog. How nice. I feel like I may be reading about Guatemala from my neices my whole life! The country is becoming alive to me without ever going there. Hello to Esa too...
ReplyDeleteWhat a touching thing at the orphanage. Sometimes I can't hardly stand to think of all the needy children in the world...Nice some do so much to help.
Love to you...