Wow...it's been a busy week. We had a team come in last Thursday night from Austin, TX. What a great bunch of people. They went northwest to Huehuetenango, where they are doing construction work. They'll be back on Wednesday night, and we'll house them overnight and send them on their way home to Texas. This team is the first we've seen since November, and they brought us mail! (Ok, so imagine that you only get mail once a month....that's where we are!) In the mail was the last piece of documentation that we needed to start our residential visas for Guatemala. This is an expensive process. All together, our costs are over $1000. That's a huge chunk of money...but necessary for staying here. Otherwise, every 180 days you have to leave the country for 72 hours.
In the meantime, we start language school this week. This too is necessary to survive down here. If we don't know the language, how are we going to minister to the people? We have managed to use broken English and very broken Spanish to get by so far, but we are feeling like we can't go any farther, nor can we be a success at our jobs without Spanish. Rosetta Stone was mentioned, but the Guatemalteco dialects use words that aren't the same as Mexican Spanish. Language school looks like it is going to to cost us about $3,300. That is a huge amount of money, and we need to raise it in the next three months.
Our next team will arrive on the 21st. They'll stay overnight, and head for Nebaj. What a beautiful place! They'll be up there just over a week, and then come back to spend a few nights with us before heading home. This team is working with MV Canada.
The next team after that is due in February 5....love having teams here and being able to serve them! Truly, I can't imagine being anywhere but here, doing what we are doing!
Vaya con Dios, amigos!
Lisa
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