Good Morning Everyone! We have now been in Guatemala for two and half weeks, seems much longer😎  The congregation here has taken great care if us.  Everyone wants to help us with whatever we need.  Rob was announced last night as an elder and so was another brother.  So there are 4 elders now!  They doubled in one night and a new MS also!
I got up early today and made breakfast, showered, got dressed and then Rob read 26 messages on his phone--service is cancelled due to protests in town and out of town where we were going for service.  Best is stay inside--should have gone shopping yesterday!!  I do have a bag of cookies, uncooked rice, avocadoes, sharp cheddar cheese and Doritos any suggestions😂😂
We looked at a really nice apartment yesterday but expensive, so we'll see if they will lower the price if we do long term.  A sister suggested airnb app and we're getting contacts here, so we will keep praying and see where we should be.  It's ok here for now but very little storage  space for our clothes, living out of suitcases and only 5 outlets in the house and none are in the bathroom, makes doing my hair a bit tricky.  Woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and walked through a small dirt pile in my living room, when I got up the next morning it was dirt from ants or something that came up from a crack in the concrete.  A large spider had been living in the corner of our bedroom ceiling and I was fine until last night during Bible reading he landed on my arm!!  We've been woken by a cat in our living room,  a large bird walking on the tin roof and dogs fighting and barking.  It's all part of the adventure😀  One night a woman knocked on our kitchen window and wanted to clean my house and another women knocked on our door and she either wanted to cut Robs hair😂 or borrow a scissors, we really need to learn Spanish!  The owner and landlord  of this house are very very accommodating and even came over one night when our toilet quit working (no cold water).
Service has been very productive.  I have about 4 calls already.   A Young boy that speaks English, a Columbian woman and an English teacher who teaches History that I met in a cafe.  On the docks in Santa Catarina we met three young people from France.  You really can talk to people from all over the world here.   We do lots of informal witnessing, my hardest thing to do.  The contact cards are wonderful for this....
We went to a park the other day by the lake near our house.  I bought my first fresh coconut and was charged the tourist price--7Q, found out it's usually 3 to 5 Q.  Rob and I liked it but the kids didn't. We were told if you get travellers diarrhea this is the best hydration for you.  The park was literally trashed but Lydia had fun anyway.  Think I will need to buy gloves and another sister in hall who has kids, said we will clean the park. The lake here is truly beautiful...I tried to picture what it will be like in Panajachel after Armaggedon and it is the way it should be..it will be a true paradise then...the volcano backdrops are stunning, never get tired of the views here

Josh carrying our laundry to get cleaned. 11lbs. 44Q $6 washed, dryer folded