I just want to give an overview of the trip from my eyes.  The first day's trip down just took forever! When we got on the first plane to go to Texas we had to sit and wait at the gate as they FIXED A HYDRAULICS PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! That made me not want to take off at all. But 30 minutes later they fixed it. We then got to Texas; since we where delayed the tower held the plane for us (about 1/2 the plane was from our connection). But then we had to sit at the gate again for a pretty bad thunder storm! Finally we took off and got to Guatemala. We had to stay at a small hotel in Chimaltinego for the night. The next day we left for Jalapa. Hey a road trip - fun! No not fun at all - less than 5 minutes into it I got car sick but we all made it ok.

The next day (Saturday) we had a wheelchair distribution in Jalapa. I had the privilege to be working on the specialty wheelchairs. That was really fun knowing that I helped 4-5  kids get what they needed that day.

The next day (Sunday) after church we destroyed a house to start a three day house build for a family who really deserved it. Wednesday, we left Jalapa to go back to the shop in Chimaltinego.  There we also stayed the night.

Thursday I got up, ate breakfast,  loaded the truck and went to another house build. This one only took 1 day because we did not have to lay the foundation. We stayed the night at the Lutheran Center in Antigua.   

Friday we got to sleep in!  We went on a tour of a really cool old church and then went to the orphanage.  I thought it was so much better this time.  I didn’t feel as intimidated as last year and had a good time playing with Henry, Edwin and some of the other boys.  Later we shopped and then the team went to dinner.

The final day is today (Saturday) and I am now typing on a plane with only 5 more hours of total air time left before we land in Seattle!