New Passport and off to School

I woke up Thursday feeling awful! If there´s one thing I don´t like about Guatemala it is that something sets off my allergies very badly. That lead to feeling fluish and just plain miserable. As a result, Tim took Marta Alicia to the Office of Immigration to meet a man from our facilitator´s office to redo her passport. It was their first venture alone. I took a nap and they returned in about 2 hours appearing very content.

We had scheduled our van pick up for our trip to Antigua for 11am but had to change it because of the immigration appointment so we left for Antigua at 3pm. We arrived here at the school at 4pm. It seems one thing that is being required of us on this trip is flexibility. When we arrived we were told the person in our apartment wasn´t able to leave yesterday (perhaps flying on American?) and so they put us in the new apartment that hasn´t been finished yet. There were only 2 beds and when I asked for another we were told the person with the key to the room with the extra beds in it was gone. Let´s just say, it was NOT a very restful nights sleep (gracias, mi pulpita!). Did I mention there was no shower curtain for the shower or hot water, either? Anyway, it made for a refreshing start to the day!

It is wonderful to be back at the school! The staff and teachers remembered us from last time and gave us all a warm welcome. We are all enjoying our new teachers and this afternoon will be going on a short activity to see the palace of the first Bishop that has a good view of the town. We leave on a ¨chicken bus¨ in 10 minutes, or so. I don´t think we took any pictures yesterday, so I´ll work on taking some today to post. Thank you all for your love and prayers! Marta Alicia seems to be doing VERY well and we are all so grateful and happy!