In Guatemala City

The 2016 Guatemala visit team arrived in Guatemala City Saturday, having arrived at the Louisville airport at 4:45 a.m., flown through the Houston airport, and encountered the most serious roadblock at the Guatemala airport when two team members´ luggage did not arrive. Planning to return to the airport Sunday morning, team members visited ate lunch and dinner and walked through Guatemala City´s main plaza, past the Presidential Palace and largest Catholic Cathedral, and through the three-level downtown underground market, doing a little shopping. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission co-worker shared background info about Guatemala, Pastor Jane led debriefing, and Ben Langley led a short devotion focused on team members´call to the visit, through the lens of God´s call to Samuel in the temple.  During the debriefing, the consensus was team members were exhausted but hopeful about and engaged in the visit.  Sunday team members plan to get a pretty early start, stop by the airport, and arrive in El Estor in time for worship at Arca de Noe church and supper, fellowship time, and sleep at host families´ homes.  Central to much of Sunday´s activites will be working with Alfredo, a contractor with the branch of the Guatemalan Presbyterian church that helps out with visits by North American who is driving the van the team is traveling in and de facto helping guide the group. Alfredo also drove and helped guide Crescent Hill´s 2012 visit.

-Perry