JUST A FEW MORE PICS

After the rest of the team left Chloe and I enjoyed a visit to "Cerro de la Crux - Hill of the Cross".  It was very peaceful on that hill & you could see the entire city of Antigua plus San Miguel and "Old Guatemala". This cross is said to be 468 years old and is about 30' tall.  Behind the cross is "Volcano de Agua - Volcano of Water" which is 12,356 ft high. This volcano destroyed the original city on September 11, 1541 and on March 10, 1543 the Spanish conquistadors founded present-day Antigua. That is when the"Cerro de la Crux" was erected to protect the city.

 

This young man is Jorge. He is living at a "Spanish School" near our hotel and is working on their web page. He and another Guatemalan friend Christina helped at Casa Angelina interpreting for the medical team. They seen 641 people at the clinic and in the village during the week...WOW! During  lunch with Jorge on Monday he told us that he has had no formal training in English but he learned it from watching English TV programs...amazing. Pray for Jorge, he needs wisdom and direction for his future and the school needs to have more people come to them to learn Spanish on a regular basis for the school to survive. They are considering Cyber School (SKYPE) as another option to learn Spanish.

This is the entrance to the place where we all ate our last dinner together as a team on Thursday. Chloe & I had to go back there to take a pic during the day because it was so beautiful. I have also added a pic from that restaurant of Mike ......guess what he had for dinner?

Anyone from trips years ago remember these "widow maker" shower heads? Well that is what our 2nd hotel had and yes that is black plastic covering the window. There was only an opening with bars outside. Hey what do you want for $15 a night.

Ok, this really is the end of our Guatemala  Blog. See you all again Next year.