I was expecting to experience something in Guatemala that would change my life forever.  I imagined a single event that would stick with me for the rest of my life.  Unfortunately, I cant pick out just one moment that has affected me this way.  Every aspect of life in Guatemala is so different from life in the states, so much that I will not be able to remember every life changing event that occurred on this trip.  The first morning Ellis and I got to ride on the back of a pickup through Chimaltenango for about five minutes.  The sights, sounds and smells were overwhelming.  Total strangers smiled and said good morning.  For me, this experience was as moving for me as building a wheelchair for for a young man with cerebral palsey.  Jeffrey arrived with an old rusted and dirty chair that gave him little support or comfort.  We found a decent chair and pulled all the parts of his chair that he liked, and put them on the new chair.  He smiled and laughed and interacted with all of us the entire hour and a half or so it took to fix his chair.  Never once did he, or his family get impatient with us.  Depending on the circumstances, the smallest things in life can enlighten and inspire us, it's just a matter of discovering our own perspective.