Had to swing around the cemetery this afternoon to check out the Día de los Muertosfestivities. I dragged Amber, Blaise and Mariah along. This time, I wanted to talk to a couple people to find out what they believed about this whole thing. Two camps. One group of women told me that they figured the … [Read more…]
We’re so happy that Mariah is living in Tactic and working for Impact Ministries with us. Mariah was in my youth group when I pastored in St. Albert and she toured with me, Amber, Dean and Saison for a week in Guatemala 4 years ago after a mission trip. She is going to work with … [Read more…]
Battery died in the car yesterday, lights were left on. Amber got some jumper cables and those didn’t work – I think they were too thin, but I didn’t know that this morning. This morning, the mechanic, Oscar, made a house call on foot with his plastic grocery bag of wrenches. He checked the timing … [Read more…]
I rode my bike home from the office in the dark tonight. I’m not used to doing that for a couple reasons – we just changed our clocks here in Guatemala, so it gets dark an hour earlier (when the actual sunset only varies 30 minutes all year long!) AND it’s dangerous so I avoid … [Read more…]
So. I walk out of the office this afternoon. Pull out my keys to unlock my bike and someone has jammed something into the lock so that the key can not be used. Fortunately I have a metal saw on my Swiss Army Knife. Seven Long Minutes. Spent 3 long days this week handing out … [Read more…]
We’ve been living in Guatemala for one year. Feels like a year, no more, no less.
I almost got stuck in a funeral procession yesterday afternoon. I drove by the cemetary about an hour later and saw the crowd there. Our neighbour tells us that a 17-yr-old boy went to Guatemala City in August to work and was robbed and killed there a few days ago. He’s from one of the … [Read more…]
We’re back. It’s good to be back. It’s really great to be back. Thought I’d post some one sentence anecdotes from the trip: *Blaise forced a mechanical Barbie to dance with him.*I completed more than 40 Sudoku puzzles on the plane, train, and at Mémere’s.*I enjoyed Indian, Lebanese, Guatemalan, Italian, Japanese, Acadian, and Québecois food … [Read more…]
“Why is the garbage can so far away from the toilet?” “Why is no one smiling?” “Where are the little corn tortillas?” “Oh the joy! Oh the sweet joy of washing my hands in hot water!” “Have all the roosters died?” “I feel really short.” “I didn’t have to remind my waiter 3 times to … [Read more…]
In Poqomchí, zaak = white and che = forest. My name therefore means white forest. Maybe birches in the wintertime? Hmmm? I did peel about 3 weeks ago after a good sunburn, like a birch, but I don’t think anyone could have made a canoe with the skin bits.