The Day of Rest and Relaxation

We had to say good bye to our new friends at the hostel, as we prepared to spend our final evening in Antigua.

As we traveled from our Guatemala City hostel, we traveled to Lake Amititlan to view the lake and the active Volcano Pacaya that was producing much smoke and a small lava flow from its opening. We learned that it has small eruptions regularly and can produce much black volcanic ash when it has major eruptions as far as the airport, which is about 50 miles away.

We visited a park that has some small scale replicas of the Tikal pyramid and other Mayan ruins. It also has miniature versions of Antigua shops to take pictures of that can give a tourist a little flavor of Guatemala without having to travel too far.  It was a relaxing and beautiful park.

The next stop was the plantation to buy some fresh coffee beans and get a cup to try. This is a treat, if you like coffee, but maybe the non coffee drinkers prefer the chocolate varieties instead. The plantation is located right in Antigua and just a couple of miles from the hotel that we stayed in over night.

The afternoon was spent doing a little bargain shopping, we usually end up buying something that we really don't need, but we get such a good deal that its hard to resist. The store owners are always ready to, "Give you good price", if you are willing to negotiate.

The end of the evening was our final dinner with the team to celebrate our hard work, say thank you to our driver, brother, dentist, construction worker Davis (Superman).  He was truly a utility man this trip for us.

We thank everyone too that has been a part of our ministry this year either through prayer or monetary gifts as well.  We had a couple of dental clinics in Minneapolis that donated many dental supplies in which were used as part of the dental kits for the children.

God Bless!
Terry