Pictures from after Mass at Sagrado Corazon de Jesus

Hola! or as the Mayan say, "Hah cha!"

We are half way through our first full day in Guatemala and have already enjoyed a strong sense of community with our sister parish, Sagrado Corazon de Jesus.

As always, Mass was very moving and humbling. It's hard to accept the thanksgiving from our sister parish community when we only just arrived. Yet, they have been praying for us for months now in anticipation of our arrival. So funny in that we have been doing the same for the same sense of reason. We live thousands of miles away physically and culturally at times, but we are so close in how we think and believe.

Well, this will be a short post as we will need to leave for the Hogar de los Ancianos (Old folks home for those non-Spanish speakers - Ha!). The hogar is run by the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and it is such a blessings that they are willing to welcome us to share with the ancianos.

And para mi espousa - the team is keeping me safe (no lifting!) and sound (mentally?!?). I have plenty of support to make sure that we get the gifts to the right people on time - with the exception of the decaf coffee for O'Nelly. We should remember tonight!

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All together new friends after Mass.

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Beautiful hibiscus in front of Our Lady at the church

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The new salon is finished (look at the roof!) as we used it to meet with the community leaders from the aldea. The old salon is under construction to meet the needs of the children's catechism.