Home...and some final reflections

We joined Pastor Mynor and his team at church on Sunday morning for breakfast before going to the airport.  Joshua and I had a great time of debriefing with Pastor Mynor (through Ana, the translator) about our week.  It was a really helpful time of discussion and processing together. 

Our team really enjoyed our week and the many cultural experiences.

  

me, Ana, Rita (Mynor's wife), Mynor

After breakfast, Mynor said we had a little bit of time before we had to go to the airport and he asked if we would like to go to a local park and see a map of Guatemala.  I said, sure, not having any idea of what he really meant, I mean, were we just going to look at a map on a sign?  Well...nope, it was a large scale, 3-D map.  Pretty cool.  It was fun to pick out the areas we had visited.

 

We made our way to the airport and said our final goodbyes.

Leaving Guatemala...until next time...

 

It was a LONG day of travel, several delayed flights.  I finally crawled into bed around 4:30 am on Monday morning (having left Guatemala at 2 pm on Sunday). 

So much to be thankful for.  Here are some final reflections, highlights and favorite memories of the week from the teens:

• Getting to the top of Holy Mountain
• Hot springs
• Praying at Holy Mountain
• Youth Event at Hosanna BIC
• Dumping an entire can of paint
• Trying new foods
• Really long bus rides (kidding....)
• Mike and Lori's church
• Climbing the ruins in Antigua
• Hanging out with all of the teens
• Jam sessions -- our band and choir
• Market
• Riding on the back of the truck
• Singing "in the jungle" on the back of the truck
• Zip lining 

Thanks for praying for us and the teens!