Where Did the Sun Come From?

Well, this will be my last post about Guatemala 2011. I am back here in Enid, OK now. The last couple days in Guatemala City were good at the mission house.  Esdras, Rafael, and Joel stayed with Rebekah, Amity, and I. Friday afternoon was a little boring....we didn't do much. Saturday passed pretty quickly, we played an interesting volleyball game with the youth at the Shalom Church.   Then we cooked a lunch/dinner (BBQ chicken, macaroni and cheese, and green beans; it was good! We wanted American food, obviously!) We also cooked some breakfasts with BACON that we missed!!

Sunday morning came too soon and we left the missionary house around 10:00AM for the airport. Joel, Esdras, and Rafael followed us there and we said goodbye. It was hard to say goodbye to them. I was ready to come back, though, so it's actually harder right now telling you about it than it was when I was there. I was a little homesick and so it wasn't as hard when I was there. I miss them now and don't have much to do here in Enid yet since Costello's is closed for this week.

Our flights went well and Amity and I got into OKC around 11:00PM on Sunday.

Thank you all for your prayers and the time you spent reading about my adventures! It was very fun, worth it, and I can't wait to go back (if the Lord provides).

Signing off until next year,

Devin

2 Days Left (Guatemala 2011)

Hey everyone! This is going to be my last post for you all while I´m in Guatemala! I don´t have any pictures, sadly.  Thursday morning I went to a city named Xela (Shay-La) with my friend Rafael. We rode on a chicken bus (buses that they use all over Guatemala to get around, they are yellow school buses painted all different colors and are very crazy. It was an okay experience haha)  Anyway, we went to one of his classes. He is studying medicine, so we learned about the mouth and the esophagus. It was boring! (Sorry Connor!)  After that we went to a really cool cafe to eat breakfast. I felt like I was in Europe! It was really cool on a balcony over-looking the central park.  We returned to Totonicapan and ate lunch with the group at a restaurant in Toto. In the afternoon we went and played with Luis, Samuel, and their sister and some other kids. We played soccer and then went and drank some cokes and just spent time with their family until around 7:00PM. (I  have a cool story to tell about this that would take too much time here, ask me about it! It was talking with the mom of the kids that night.)  

This morning we traveled to  Guatemala City. It was a long trip, but now we are in Guatemala City with Amity and we´re just hanging out. Efrain and Lupe dropped us off at the Shalom church and they are picking up their son and daughter-in-law now at the airport. They are coming back after that and we are going to the Zoo I think. It should be fun! Tomorrow (Saturday) we don´t have any plans. Esdras, Rafael, and Joel are staying the night tonight and tomorrow night with us in the Missionary House, so we should have some good last-minute hangout time with them.  

That´s all I have really! The next day after that is Sunday and I get back into OKC around 11PM where I get to see Thomas Mosley!  I´m excited for that, too!

Thank you all for your prayers! 
Some last prayer requests:
1)Safety in travel for Efrain, Lupe, and his family back to Toto. Safety for us flying back to the US. And safety for Rafael, Esdras, and Joel in the chicken buses traveling back to Toto.

Thank you all! 

In Christ,
Devin