A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

 Yesterday when I blogged, our connection was too weak to add photos.  So, tonight we are back in Coban for night and have a strong enough signal that I can show you a few photos of our first couple of days in Chisec. 
On Thursday, Cindy and I visited two of the three schools where we are going to begin our sponsorship/support program.  This school is in the area of Chisec called Nazareth.  The pink building is a block building with 3 classrooms and an office.  Across the street are the two outhouses and an additional 3 classrooms in the red wooden building.  These 6 classrooms house about 230 - 240 students which is about 40 students per class. 

These next few photos are of the Mission2Guatemala mission site.  This first one is of the guest housing complex where we will be living until our temporary studio apartment is completed.  That should be around Christmas.  We will be looking at three stages to our housing before we get settled into a more permanent house. 

This is the entrance gate to the mission site.  The piece of property is about 50 acres and is loaded with tropical vegetation.  It is hot and humid in Chisec and so you simply have to stick a cut flower in the ground and it will sprout roots and grow.  It is a very lush place. 

This is a view of the walkway to our room.  There is a patio off the end and this morning I had my cup of coffee outside and watched/listened to the toucans in the trees.  They looked just like the Froot Loops bird!  I couldn't believe it!

 

Across the property is Manny and Cindy's home.  Our apartment is currently being built onto the far right of this building and after we no longer need it, it will be used to house Guatemalan workers. 

This is picture gives you an idea of how big the kitchen/dinning room and guesthouse complex is.  They can comfortably house 30 in the 9 rooms.                                                                                                               

 These flowers are just one example of the hundreds of different tropical flowers on the property.  What a joy it will be to live in such a colourful place!

I met this young man today in a village outside or Chisec, where Mission2Guatemala helped build a classroom and a small medical clinic for the travelling health nurse to use.  He wanted his photo taken, but wouldn't smile...until after he saw the photo (I love digital cameras!).  Then he was my friend.  Prayerfully he is just the first of many! 
Blessings,
Karren