Inauguration of Mocohan School

Last Friday, after 8 months of school, we officially opened school #3 (though 4 are operating) with a big to-do! I decided that I would film and photograph the event, though no one asked me to. Hey! It was better than sitting in the sun. I actually enjoyed the event quite a bit. The worship … [Read more…]

Mmmm, Like a Small Deer You Say?

Our friends Erick and Gloria surprised us last night by whisking us off to Cobán and taking us to quite a nice restaurant. Up until now, our dining in Cobán had been limited to the food court at the mall where we do most of our grocery shopping. I wanted to try something I had … [Read more…]

Fast Food in Tactic

Last night, Amber had a hankerin’ for some churrascos. So I jumped into the car (with Blaise) and fired into the centre of Tactic where hundreds of other locals were making their way too. The churrasco is a very thin piece of beef steak, similar in cut to what they dice up for you at … [Read more…]

Trip to Salamá

This little afternoon/evening trip marked the first time I had been anywhere new in Guatemala for a very long time. Vicky invited us to go to Salamá and meet her relatives and eat boshból. Salamá is the capital city of the department of Baja Verapaz. It is much hotter, cleaner, and prettier than our capital, … [Read more…]

Daily Review

I got the Harper’s Weekly Review email today, so I’m going to try and write my day out in a similar fashion. The paper cutter arrived at the stationary store and so Flor and I cut translated verses up and stapled them to letters to children’s sponsors. Pablo hasn’t shown up to school since telling … [Read more…]

kicking around the house

Got this monster in the market: 15cm long, 34 cm around it’s widest girth and 40 cm around top-bottom. Yum. Amber got me these. On the packaging it says “for ages 3 and up.” This is ridiculous. Blaise loves playing with them and he’s not even two yet! Who makes these executive decisions? This is … [Read more…]

The Season is Mango

From March to May, we enjoy mangoes. As many as we can eat. They usually cost between 15-23¢ each. The eat them green here too, which isn’t bad with some salt and seasoning. We whip them up with milk. We cook them up in crisps. We stir them into pudding. We dice them into waldorf … [Read more…]

Some Blog Updates

For those faithful readers, I thought I would go back a few posts and provide an up-to-date report on some recent events (rather than post comments on 2-month-old posts): Frutas Extranjeras: Found out that the jocote is also known as the spondias mombin, the gully plum, the Spanish plum, the hog plum, the Ashanti plum, … [Read more…]