Just an update on what I’m doing now in Guatemala. After spending Christmas in Honduras, participating on the Walk2gether send off, and just finishing up my first Mission Awareness Trip, I am back in the office in Sololá. I began teaching English classes in December to the social workers of the Sololá region and am holding a special class for translators every Friday. I teach classes two full weeks out of the month. I travel to the 8 different subprojects of Sololá. I have to travel by bus, van, pickup, boat, mototaxi, and by foot to get to all the different locations. It’s a lot of traveling but I am really enjoying teaching these classes and I am excited to continue. I also began organizing soccer tournaments for each subproject on Saturday mornings. The winner of the subprojects will then face off in an inter-regional tournament later in the year and we will crown a Sololá champion.
My schedule for the coming weeks looks like this:
Jan 5-7 I will be joining the walk for some activity days with my co-workers from the regional office to say goodbye to Bob as he leaves Guatemala and crosses into El Salvador.
Jan 14-28 I will be participating on the first leg of the walk in Honduras. There are usually 3-4 days of walking and then a rest/activity day. I hope I can make it the whole way. We start walking at 4AM and each day will walk between 35-40 kilometers (about 25 miles). We will be camping out in tents and sleeping bag, or in churches and schools.
Feb 1 My schedule will be back to normal and I will be back in the office working/translating/teaching.
Feb 6-13 Mission Awareness Trip where I will be the translator and help to organize and lead all of the weeks activities.
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