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Guatemala 2016: August 6

Wow. The night before I got a lovely 8 hours of sleep since Saturday was Antigua tourist day. It was a nice, relaxed morning.

On to Antigua! Hugo came with us (to keep Grandpa company when he went to visit someone), which was awesome because he got permission for us to park in the parking lot of his friend's hotel! So then we led the group to the park to get their bearings and split into groups. I ended up traveling mainly with Miranda, Kristen, and Ryan, although we frequently met up with other groups along the way. I got about half of what was on my list that morning (which was what I needed for other people, such as coworkers, my niece, my mom, a bracelet for Madelin, etc.) as well as a few things I found interesting for myself. Grandpa and Hugo were with us for part of it, especially when we were searching for the jade jewelry store that we had gone in last year but couldn't find anywhere this year. So frustrating!

At 1:45 we all met in the park and led the group to our usual restaurant for lunch, which we had already made reservations for. Since the past year they had expanded the restaurant, so we had to walk around the block a bit to get to the new section, where they had a looong table set up for us. The food was delicious as usual - I got my annual quarter chicken (they no longer do half chickens), potato, and rice. Yum yum!

After lunch we all walked together to the other two markets that are further out. There I finished off what I had on my list for other people and enjoyed doing a little shopping for myself. At one stand I got a free wallet with my purchase and at another I got a free bag. Not bad! We saw some of the stand holders that are our friends and made some new friends.

Then we walked back to your vans and went back to the compound. Ryan's van stopped on the way to pick up a cake to celebrate Pam's birthday, so during debrief time we ate cake, prayed over Pam, and Ryan did some explaining about church the next day. Then we had more worship and soon went to bed.

 My annual picture of the arch

The volcano peeking out from the clouds

Hugo posing behind a manly cutout (courtesy of Kristen)

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