For the last week, Molly and I have been in Guatemala, staying with the Watkins family (Mike, Nancy and their daughter Amber) who I met last year while our team traveled through Antigua. Here are some snap shots, highlights of the journey! It’s been wonderful to be on an adventure, and I’ve really enjoyed seeing the Watkins again. They are from Florida but have been living and doing ministry in Antigua for the last two years.
A few city pictures from Antigua. I love how colorful everything is!
One morning Molly and I hiked up to La Cruz which provides an amazing overlook of the city. We had a refreshing, powerful prayer time. It was crazy to think back to just a year before when my teammates and I raced up to the same spot during the Guatemala leg of the World Race.
One of the things I didn’t get to do last year was visit Tikal which is a huge area filled with acient Mayan ruins. Molly and I decided that it would be worth going so we rode an all night bus up to Flores, spent the day climbing the acient skyscrapers, then caught an all night bus back to Antigua. We were tired after returning, but decided it was worth a quick trip because we had a volcano the hike the next day…
Molly and me with our friend Julio on the top of the temple that’s seen in Star Wars.
Matt, the Watkins son leads camping and backpacking trips up Pacaya an active volcano. We had the incredable opportunity to climb the mountain, camp on the top, and then explore the lava at night. It was erie seeing the lava flow in the dark and the clouds reflect bright red. We roasted marshmallows and made smores over hot spots!
View during the hike!!!
Our camping group, we had way too much fun! From right to left, me, Teresa, Sara, Matt, Ale, and Molly. Check out Sara and Teresa’s blog for the hiking story…http://megustaguatemala.com/
After all the adventure we spent a day painting a future meeting room in the church Del Camino, which Mike Watkins (our host) pastors. This is us attempting to look like models while the fan blows our hair. We tried to paint over the blue, which sounds easy, but is almost impossible!
After a day of painting Matt took us to a waterfall near town, we had fun getting muddy and climbing up the sides of the falls.
