So here’s an example of why we’re working in the village of Rio Azul. It’s like so many other villages in Guatemala, maybe a little nicer in some respects. There is no central electricity or running water but some of Read More …
Author: Brian
A big welcome in Rio
An enormous welcome by the villagers of Rio Azul tonight made our journey seem real, and worth all of the time and energy to plan and solicit support for our journey. A highlight of final three hours of rough roads Read More …
Barillas
Today we arrived safely at the mission house in Barillas and after a big welcome lunch and received our stove training. It’s late so I won’t post too many words but here are some photos from our day. Tomorrow after Read More …
Arrival in Hueheu
After being in four countries and nearly a full day of driving out of Guatemala City over the past 24 hours, the team is now settled into the Hotel California in the large city of Huehuetenango. (Pronounced Way Way) Such Read More …
Packed and ready to roll
(Second of a series about the Marine View Guatemala team’s May 23-June 2 mission trip to the Western Highlands of Guatemala to install 128 stoves in the remote Mayan village of Rio Azul). I stole a suitcase. In fact I Read More …
Preparing for Rio
If you do a Google search for Rio Azul (Blue River) in Guatemala, you will be presented with lovely images of stunning blue water and waterfalls in a park-like touristy setting. That’s not where we are going. Or you may Read More …
A few final thoughts and memories from our mission
A few days have passed since most of our team deplaned at Sea-Tac International late Sunday and resumed our day-to-day lives. Odila and Bilhan, our mother-son pair, return today after staying an extra week to visit family in Guatemala and Read More …
Stove work is done, now on to more fun
The team is well out of Barillas now as we piled in the bus shortly after our 5:30 a.m. breakfast at the mission house and climbed the twisty, bumpy road out of town. It rained hard last night, just as Read More …
A good day for kids and stoves
A regional teacher’s strike means no school this week for the children of Piedras Blancas, but somehow word got out that the Marine View team was passing out gift packs and dozens of kids turned out in the school courtyard Read More …
And the stove work begins
The team broke into five teams today and started the work that we all came to do – install stoves in the homes of the village of Piedras Blancas. We also teamed up with Hands for Peacemaking staff and village Read More …