The last few days have flown by. On Saturday, Hope, Arryn and I, along with Hector's sister, Nancy, did some wedding shopping. What fun!
We found the seamstress who is going to make Arryn's dress and we are going to go back to her shop on Thursday so she can measure Arryn and get started.
We also found the flower shop where we will be able to get the flowers Arryn wants even in November. Because flowers are so cheap here, we bought a bunch and played around with different arrangements and sort of decided what we were going to go with.
Then, in the evening, we went to the central park in Tactic to have Churascos with Ruth, Walter and their two kids, Sammy and Katie. It was a great day.
We literally ate our way through Sunday! For breakfast, we went to Obed and Kara's. Arryn works with Obed at the Zona. They have three adorable kids and are expecting their fourth. We had homemade bread, berry coffee cake, and home roasted coffee...yummy!
Then, we were off for Chicoy to have lunch with Jorge and his family, along with some of the guys we worked with for the last two years. It was a really nice lunch. Ana, Jorge's wife, made chicken chow mein, and, you guessed...more coffee.
We left Chicoy just in time for church at Rio de Vida. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces and once again worship together with those we were honoured to call friends. Irvin, one of the leaders of the church, spoke about the power of prayer.
After church, we had a barbeque at Hector's. Heber, Jose, Eduardo, Naidi, Ana, Jorge, Manolo, Hector, Arryn, Hope, Rocky and I feasted on chicken, beef, sausage, pasta salad, black beans, and toasted tortillas. I was so full I could hardly move! It was a long, very full day, but it was awesome!
Today, Rocky and I went to Coban to check out language schools. One of the things the Lord has really impressed upon us while we've been on this journey is the importance of studying Spanish and becoming more fluent.
Both Rocky and I have only had 3 weeks of classes, spread out over two years. That just isn't enough. If we are really going to be effective in the work God is calling us to, we need to be able to speak better Spanish. So, we are going to commit to a minimum of 2 months of schooling when we return in April.
Tomorrow, we are off to visit Gerry and Barb Normand from Mano con Mano, a ministry about a half hour outside of the capital. This ministry started as a medical clinic, but has grown and is involved in both education and feeding programs in the small community of San Jose el Yalu.
We also hope to stop at the airport in the capital to check on rental cars (trying to plan ahead for Arryn and Hector's wedding) as well as to ensure they will let Rocky fly home and leave the car behind.
I probably won't blog again until we get back to San Cristobal on Wednesday evening/Thursday morning.
Blessings,
Karren