With our mission work over, the team arose early in Barillas on Friday for a 5 a.m. departure for beautiful Lake Atitlan, where we arrived around 5:30 p.m. On Saturday most of the team risked the local “extremos” zip line, Read More …
Finishing up as tourists
We say goodbye to LaCapilla
Our last acts of kindness to the villagers of La Capilla before saying goodbye today was to fit those in need with a brand new pair of reader glasses then to give a few school supplies to grateful teachers. We Read More …
First day of stove and water filter installations
I’m a little weary after a full day of stove installation work so will just share a few photos from the day. Each of the five teams, accompanied by a village leader and Hands for Peacemaking staff, installed eight stoves Read More …
A warm welcome in La Capilla
As we were settling into our evening devotions tonight, a steady stream of loud music rudely began playing from the next hillside over. Marco told us it would probably play all night, which of course would not only interrupt the Read More …
Travel day ends in ruins
Yesterday already seems like a week ago, mainly because we’ve been traveling practically non-stop since our flight out of SeaTac, then a three-hour layover in LA followed by an all-nighter to Guatemala City, where we landed about 5:30 this morning. Read More …
Meet the team
As I write this on Thursday evening our Guatemala team members are presumably stuffing their travel bags with final “I can’t go without this!” items and spending precious time with their loved ones before taking an 11-day intermission from their Read More …
A village gets ready
Our team is just days away from converging on the village of La Capilla, San Ramon in the Western Highlands region of Guatemala, where the villagers are busy preparing for our arrival. On Tuesday we received a string of What’s Read More …
Our packing party
Saturday was a good day for your Guatemala team. We assembled around 10 a.m. at teammate Tom Dirks’s house in West Seattle under a cloudless sky and began the job of filling all two hundred of the children’s gift bags Read More …
Preparing for Guatemala
After months of planning and preparation, we are just days away now from boarding Delta Flight 1569 to Los Angeles then DL 1879 to Guatemala City. Then begins our two-day journey to Barillas, and finally to the village where we Read More …
Continuing to Serve
As we approach the busy holiday season, I’d like to let you know that it’s also been a busy time for Hands for Peacemaking even though no teams are currently in-country. And, like a delicious slice of pumpkin pie after Read More …