Ellen and I talked by phone Thursday evening. She had just come back from three weeks in Guatemala. Ellen and Pastor Gerardo, our chief Estoreño phone contact, spoke by phone while she was waiting to board her plane for the United States. Gerardo had gotten our e-mail and had two questions: When was the July rendezvous scheduled for? And Who sent the e-mail? Gerardo and Rene, Gerardo’s colleague who is the computer guru, are used to receiving e-mails from Ellen, not from me (who this latest e-mail came from). Ellen confirmed that there was still some lack of certainty about the exact dates and times of the July Coban rendezvous, but also confirmed that around July 10-17 was right.
Gerardo went on to talk with Ellen about the interest of women active in the presbytery’s Presbyterian Women organization in leadership development training.
Ellen and I talked about how Crescent Hill would probably need to pay transportation and room and board costs for any Estore o folks who might participate in the April or July Coban trips. We talked about working with Roger Marriott, a PC(USA) mission worker in Coban, more urgently on supporting any April participants (which we’ll have to discuss).
Ellen and I also talked about the need to contact or follow up with other people. I had contacted Delia Leal, the Nazarene pastor who preached at Crescent Hill church in September. Pastor Leal lives in Coban and had said in the e-mail she would be happy to visit with us while there. But we’ll need to get back with her with details, perhaps immediately after our March 6-7 meetings. Ellen and I also talked about the possibility of us contacting Amanda Craft, a PC(USA) mission worker in the old Spanish colonial city of Antigua (whom the church is supporting), where the Laras are from. We might invite Amanda to join us in Coban (which Ellen thought Amanda would not be able to do – it turns out that may not be true) or see her in Antigua if we go there. Ellen said Amanda might be able to help us with accommodations in Antigua, should we go for something more affordable. And Ellen and I also talked about the possibility of us connecting with PC(USA) mission worker Karla Koll, a colleague of Delia Leal at the Central America interdenominational center with whom we talked in Guatemala City a year ago. (Koll will in fact be in Louisville in a month and endorsed the cheap flight to Guatemala via Mexico City option, though she warned there is little English in the Mexico City airport and it’s a bit of a maze.)
Ellen also revealed that she has made some decisions about her new future. Ellen was a pastor in North Carolina who then served as a mission worker in Guatemala, working with Presbyterian Women in Guatemala, for 11 years. She has lived in Louisville, worked at the Center, and worshiped with us for the past year. Ellen has decided to move back to North Carolina and visit Guatemala lots. She said she may be able to be at our March 6-7 events, because she needs to come back to Louisville to pick up some of her things. Ellen repeated her interest in going with us to Guatemala in July.
-- Perry
Gerardo went on to talk with Ellen about the interest of women active in the presbytery’s Presbyterian Women organization in leadership development training.
Ellen and I talked about how Crescent Hill would probably need to pay transportation and room and board costs for any Estore o folks who might participate in the April or July Coban trips. We talked about working with Roger Marriott, a PC(USA) mission worker in Coban, more urgently on supporting any April participants (which we’ll have to discuss).
Ellen and I also talked about the need to contact or follow up with other people. I had contacted Delia Leal, the Nazarene pastor who preached at Crescent Hill church in September. Pastor Leal lives in Coban and had said in the e-mail she would be happy to visit with us while there. But we’ll need to get back with her with details, perhaps immediately after our March 6-7 meetings. Ellen and I also talked about the possibility of us contacting Amanda Craft, a PC(USA) mission worker in the old Spanish colonial city of Antigua (whom the church is supporting), where the Laras are from. We might invite Amanda to join us in Coban (which Ellen thought Amanda would not be able to do – it turns out that may not be true) or see her in Antigua if we go there. Ellen said Amanda might be able to help us with accommodations in Antigua, should we go for something more affordable. And Ellen and I also talked about the possibility of us connecting with PC(USA) mission worker Karla Koll, a colleague of Delia Leal at the Central America interdenominational center with whom we talked in Guatemala City a year ago. (Koll will in fact be in Louisville in a month and endorsed the cheap flight to Guatemala via Mexico City option, though she warned there is little English in the Mexico City airport and it’s a bit of a maze.)
Ellen also revealed that she has made some decisions about her new future. Ellen was a pastor in North Carolina who then served as a mission worker in Guatemala, working with Presbyterian Women in Guatemala, for 11 years. She has lived in Louisville, worked at the Center, and worshiped with us for the past year. Ellen has decided to move back to North Carolina and visit Guatemala lots. She said she may be able to be at our March 6-7 events, because she needs to come back to Louisville to pick up some of her things. Ellen repeated her interest in going with us to Guatemala in July.
-- Perry
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