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Welcome to the Photos from Guatemala!!

Sorry the pictures are a bit out of order! I wanted to get them up as quickly as possible and then later realized I couldn't move them into chronological order. You'll want to start with the hotel picuture of the room with the red bedspreads (about 7 up from the bottom). Scroll up through the pictures until you reach the "washed out shores of Panajachel." Got to the bottom and see the last 4 pictures and then back to the top starting at the "van ride to Antigua." The last ones are the 5th and 6th ones up from the very bottom. Enjoy the pictures!! I had a great trip and can't wait to tell y'all more about it!

Patricia hitting the piñata

Beautiful sunlight from the clouds. Taken from the roof of our hotel in Antigua.

Indoor garden area in Antigua

Central fountain in main square

More of the main square in Antigua

Church at left and main square at right in Antigua

Old building in Antigua

Hotel in Antigua

View out the window of the hotel in Antigua

View out the window of the hotel in Antigua

Van ride to Antigua (L to R: Linda, Paul, Brandy, Ben)

Washed out area at the shores of Panajachel

Market area in Panajachel

Outskirts of Panajachel. Note the 3 tall hotels far left. No longer used because upper floors sway at least a foot back and forth.

Guatemalans being baptized in Lake Atitlan on the way to Panajachel

Larger view of San Antonio. They're streets were very steep.

2nd boat ride to San Antonio. The sell great textiles there.

Tree in the mission's garden

Street behind the mission as the kids get out of school

Ben and his chain necklace at rebar

Sky view from in front of the mission

Shane, Ralph and Brandy catching Pringles from Patricia (2nd Floor) in the zoo outside our 2nd hotel in San Lucas

A street in San Lucas

The nursery at reforestation

Tunnels Brandy, Ben and I dug while filling little black bags with dirt

Chicken running away under the tree at the reforestation project

All the kids on their first day of school at the mission's paroquia. Quite an assembly it was!

Garden area at our 1st hotel in San Lucas. What a beautiful way to greet each day!

My room at the first hotel in San Lucas

Ralph provides meal time entertainment by spinning cups. Check out those tricks!

Look how dirty we are after hauling dirt!!

The flower beds we filled with dirt

Everybody's feet after a long morning hauling dirt to flower beds at the women's center

A lovely picture after a late lunch at Hotel Toliman

End of the first boat ride (L to R: Paul, Brandy, Ben)

Lake front on Atitlan--End of the 1st Boat Ride

Kari and I bending the hangers. Tough work! We definitely gained some arm muscles!!

Pile of hangers Kari and I made

Coffee beans drying in the sun

Ben cutting thin metal rods to be made into rectangles which hold 4 rebar poles in place for builing houses

Hanging out in the 1st hotel in San Lucas: Left to Rt. (Kari, Shane, Ralph, Ben, Paul, Sarah, Brandy)

Brandy (left) and Shane (right) doing rebar at the women's center

Look how high we are!!

Kelly and I at the women's center

Scaffolding where I did rebar at the women's center

Sunrise on Volcano Atitlan (6:30am)

View from near the top of Atitlan--notice the misty cloud and rainforest quality of the trees

Lunch break: Ben (left) Shane (right) Brandy (behind Shane) Kelly (next to Brandy)

Climbing down the mountain (Shane in black hat, Brandy behind him)