Sorry that we do not have pictures for today...imagine driving in downtown LA....yeaah, easy compared to today. SO, Vicki, Miya, Heidi, Eli, and I went into Guatemala City...roughly 45 miles away. We had to take in one of the 15 passenger vans (Macho) to get realigned or something. So we left at 9am for our day. We then picked up the other one (Suzi) to run some errands We then needed to get groceries for the base, the Smiths and for the Schrocks. Since we have a team still here we were almost out of food. Yep, the team that was supposed to leave on May 29 is still here. Some will be able to leave Friday and the rest on Saturday...maybe. We also dropped off a few locals at the hospital so that they could pick up a friend who was getting discharged today. Oh, and there is no cross over. So if you are going one direction on Roosevelt Road, you are going that direction for a good 3 miles before a CHANCE to turn around. Throw in the fact that we might need to take the locals and there friend back too, we were busy. We went to HIPER (owned by Wal-mart) and then to Price Smart (Sam's Club) for groceries and supplies, went to eat at... (drum roll) McDonalds. PLEASE, do not tell the kiddos. Yep, that Big Mac tasted pretty good. As went eating HOT McDonalds food, we were almost laughing that the only kid with us was Miya. Needless to say, if tasted good. Long story short, after many turn arounds (are we picking them up? Where is the entrance to the Hospital? Look out for that Taxi!) we finally made our way back. When we stopped to drop off our passengers, they were so grateful for the ride for their friend (he needed to lay down and would not be able to do that in the bus), we were invited in for pop and cake (this is now 6:10pm)...neat experience.
Well, a long day, but a good day. The rest of the clan played at the base with the team and even did a little more work. The team got the bathroom done, so the apartment is done! Minus the sink and counter in the living room, this was not on the plans for now anyway. It is nice to have our own space for the family to "get away" Beans and rice again for supper...ooohhhh so good! Excitement, Caleb lost a tooth today too.
I am starting to see double, so I will say good night for now and go shower. Thank you for your prayers....OH, random. About the capital. We drove past the airport and it is totally shut down. the whole city is in clean up mode from the ash from the volcano. It was cool seeing all the black ash everywhere in piles. Very similar to glassy sand. We will try to collect some the next time we are in the capital. Updated prayers: that the airport would open up this weekend so the team may return home/ for the villages that lost a lot, and for the summer teams that will start to come on Monday. Again, this would be seriously a miracle....but if the road to the base could get paved. The city or government started, but did not finish. SO picture nice smooth sand roads.....then with Guatemala weather on them. I would take Iowa potholes anyday. It takes 20 to 30 minutes to get to Chimaltenango (about 7 miles away). Dios Le Bendinga y ve con Dios **God Bles You and go with God**
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