We left the states January 13th to return to Guatemala. We spent the first weekend in the capital at our annual mission prayer retreat before coming to our new home here in Antigua Sunday afternoon. Welcome to the WORLD of boxes!
In a perfect world of thought, while I unpacked boxes Monday, David would go to town, complete paperwork for cable and internet (we already had telephone service for use in country) and by nightfall, in our almost completely unpacked home, we would be able to call the children and my mom and chat for awhile. hahaaa - pardon me while I laugh some more - haaaahaaaahaaahaaa. Should have known better, but it was a dream, or was it a fantasy?! Anyway, reality hit quickly! But in one way, it was probably better (? don't know if that is the appropiate word) that we didn't have internet because we were able to work on making our house a home...it's not there but definitely on the way...without checking emails, or facebook, or chatting on the phone. But now thanks to Claro, we do have cable and internet - only a week and a half later, but really quite quickly in latin terms. David was able to get the "official" (had to be signed by our LC here in Guatemala, even though we are the ones responsible for the bills) signed papers back to the office on Friday afternoon, and then we had cable Tuesday afternoon and internet Wednesday afternoon...really not too bad. Wow! how dependent we are on these technologies. But we are so thankful for communication...just remembering the years when missionaries went for weeks, some even months, before being able to communicate with family, friends, and co-workers. Thank you, Lord, for this gift.
I haven't taken pictures of the finished product of making a home for us; we still need a couple more pieces of furniture - cabinets for the office (didn't realize how much storage we had in the other office/bedroom), another bed for the third bedroom (enough space for you to come visit) and a few other odds and ends - and yes, the stuff sitting in our crate there in the states waiting to be released. I promise I will get some updated shortly but I will leave you with these...
view from the upstairs door to the patio, Volcán Agua
It's been inactive for hundreds of years, Wrena.
view out the front door downstairs
along the railing of the patio
atop our front gate
Come sit a spell and enjoy the view!
