What a gorgeous day! It was sunny and beautiful all day. Today is actually Father's Day in Guatemala. The father's on the trip get to celebrate twice.
We're making amazing progress on the kitchen at Xepec. You can see in the picture that the walls are going up fast. The kids (our kids and the local kids, both) are having a great time. Happy faces everywhere.
At Xecotoj, we spent the day twisting wire around re-bar. It's an important task, if somewhat tedious. We kept reminding each other that this is part of a building that will have small children in it and when (not if) an earthquake comes, we want our building to stay standing. Tomorrow, it's back to mixing and pouring concrete (and continuing to tie wires onto re-bar).
This evening, we had a delightful time in Panajachel. Mission Guatemala arranged for a fleet of tuk-tuk's to take us all into town where we were able to go shopping and visit Lago Atitlan before dinner. At the restaurant, we were served delicious food and treated to a talk and demonstration of the Mayan culture. It was very interesting and entertaining. Everyone got to try their hand at making tortillas (let's just say the locals have nothing to worry about) and hear a trio of marimba players performing traditional music. A great time was had by all.
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