Thursday Updates

We have arrived!!! It is so great to be back in Guatemala and everyone is all very excited for the week to come.

We landed in Guatemala City yesterday at about 1:00. Everything went as smoothly as it possibly could. The bus and both of our flights made very good time with no delays as well as going through customs and getting our vans.

After our arrival we went into Antigua and spent the night in a hotel in the city. For those of you who were concerned, no we did not have to share our rooms with any critters. :) We went for dinner at Pollo Camperos (a fried chicken restaurant that we go to every year) and all went back to the hotel exhausted from our travels.

This morning we woke up and had a provided breakfast at the hotel of toast, eggs, and fruit after which we all headed out into Antigua. The group split up and spent the day shopping in the market which proceeded with lunch at The Mono Loco. We were all quite full after lunch after ordering meals off the menu varying from burgers, quesadillas, burritos, pizzas, and "Nachos as Big as your Head".

After lunch we got to go back to the mission house and settled in before our grilled hotdog dinner tonight. Everyone is all settled in, unpacked and winding down for the night playing cards before our first day of building tomorrow.

Tomorrow we will all be getting up for breakfast at 6:00 and going out to the village.

We are so excited to be here and we know it could not be possible without all of the support from everyone back at home. The prayers have been overwhelming and you could really feel that they have been with us as well as ahead of us.

Prayer Requests would just be for good health for the group for the rest of the week. Its been a rough start with 2 people getting the flu and a few coming down here with some pretty nasty colds. We are taking extra precautions with hand sanitizers and Lysol sprays to keep the germs away but we know your prayers are the best kind of flu preventative.


We also arrived at the mission house to find out that they have disconnected the landline here so if you have any emergency information that you need to get to the team down here Donna Westhouse has an international plan on her cell phone and you can reach her by calling the phone number below.

616-277-6315

Many blessings and we thank you for all of the prayers and the continued prayers while we are here.

-Emily Westhouse