On Saturday, while bringing a group of 24 Canadians to meet a sponsor child in San Antonio Panec, I was invited by a woman to come pray for their family. One of the cases in the home dealt with an 8-year-old boy who has massive sores all over his bottom. I almost burst into tears … [Read more…]
My buddy Shane decided to stop into Guatemala for 5 days on his way to Belize so I decided to take him and my family to Rabinal for the day yesterday. I had never been there before. Salamá is on the way, so we stopped in and walked around the central park. We got to … [Read more…]
When I was taking pictures of our shoe and sock distribution this week, a grade 1 boy’s zipper was all busted up and his penis was in full view. It was both funny and sad. I brought a team to a sinkhole/cave where Maya ceremonies are performed and a priest suspended a live chicken over … [Read more…]
I managed a 2-day medical clinic in Purulha on Monday and Tuesday. We brought in a Guatemalan doctor from the capital at the last minute so that a visiting student doing a missions practicum could experience a medical clinic. We served about 80 people in all over the two days. Usually we serve many more, … [Read more…]
I don’t like it that parents (a majority) in Guatemala give their infants candy. I like it even less when they give candy to my infants. Back off sugar pushers. I want my children to have appetites for non sweet foods whole and white teeth bodies they can run with good metabolism
First the awe. These three volcanoes are almost exactly 100 km from where I took the photo. They are (from left to right) Agua, Fuego, and Acatenango. They are the three volcanoes that tower over Antigua Guatemala, the tourist hub to the south. Now the shock. Mild shock. This is in Antigua. Zach Braff would … [Read more…]
Last weekend we drove to Copan, Honduras (again) to show April, my sister-in-law some of the sights. I skipped out on the ruins and took care of Acadia during that time so Amber could spend some quality time with her sister. Then in the afternoon, we headed to the El Jaral waterpark. Yippee!! There were … [Read more…]
We install the stovepipe in this woman’s home. While I am working though, it is like working over a campfire because she has her old fire going and the new stove lit too. But she only has one stovepipe attached and no hole in the roof. What is funny is that the cap for the … [Read more…]
My recent days are dominated with identifying needy families to receive the gift of a stove, the training of how to use, care for, and install the stove, the order and delivery of the stoves, and ultimately the door-to-door delivery of the stoves and the installation. Once the stoves are installed I still need to … [Read more…]
I happened to glance at one of the new one Quetzal polymer bills on my desk this morning and was very surprised to see “CANADIAN BANK NOTE” printed on the bottom left corner of the front of the bill. I did a quick search and discovered that the Canadian Bank Note Company does a lot … [Read more…]