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Guatemala 2015 - August 8

Hey, Miranda and I got to sleep in until 6:15 that morning...then we went running, of course.  At 7 Ryan, Miranda, Kyle and I went to the grocery store to buy stuff for breakfast because we were out of a lot of things, but the first one wasn't open...so...we went into the parking garage (which had no lights on yet, so it was very dark) and went up to the new grocery store, but that one also didn't open until 8 (which is when breakfast was scheduled for).  So we ended up going to McDonald's and buying everyone an egg Mcmuffin and a hashbrown and took them back.  Besides that I ate a piece of peanut butter toast and oreos dunked in coffee (it was so yummy!).

then we headed to Antigua, with Karen and Linda.  We found a parking spot and split into two groups: our Akron group and Colin and Karen and Linda, and then Brian and the rest of his group.  We went to the market that we went to last year with all the different stands. Within the first 5-10 minutes I bought a beautiful red (and other colors, striped) wrap-around skirt for only $15, which is pretty good!  I found everything I wanted that day, most importantly all the gifts I wanted to get for people in the States.  At one point we went with Ryan into a nice jewelry store where we helped him choose a nice, simply, pretty jade necklace for Emily (and she really liked it, by the way).

We ate lunch at the same restaurant as last year, but this time we were all at one long table.  [Also, Linda left, and a little later Karen had to, too.]  Lunch was awesome, of course, and our end of the table, which was basically our hanging-out group, got different food and drinks and shared.  After we were done eating, Colin took a picture of our group for us.  We went to the market both morning and afternoon because Ryan needed to pick something up in the afternoon, and the second time we were there Miranda and I met a man and his family who were from Kentucky.  Oh, and it was fun to see the new peoples' faces when they saw the fancy Antigua McDonald's. ;)

Matthew, Kyle, and Colin in McDonald's

At lunch

Ryan, aka "Dad"

Our little family

This year's picture of the arch

the clouds around the volcano were beautiful


We went to McDonald's for supper, and we saw people who were originally from around Lancaster too, but who were living in Guatemala for 16 years now, and the lady is actually sort of related to Jodi, etc.  It was very interesting to see them there and to talk with them for a little.  Afterwards, me, Miranda, and Kyle went with Ryan to the grocery store so we would finally have our breakfast food! Back at the compound was a meeting and then some games.

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