our arrival to uspantan

we have finally arrived to uspantan after 6 and half hours of driving through winding roads of intense mountains and aggressive guatemalan drivers whom are so use to the roads they make life threatening risks on a regular basis. we feel like we are home; although we appreciated the generosity of felix and laura in guatemala city, we felt distant from our purpose of this trip which is to serve the local community with the unique skills that we have obtained. pulling upto the property that we are going to stay was a breath of fresh air, we were in rural guatemala. families moving through narrow streets lined with apartements of various pastel colors, loose dogs, pigs on leashes, and a incredible view of the surrounding mountains. as we walked into the apartment complex we would be staying(which was completly designed by felix... and it is truly a work of art) we were so thankful for the way God provides. the complex is not too large and houses 8 people apart from us at the moment. it is designed in a way that every room feels far apart, but in reality is very compact so that every inch of the place is used efficently. for the next week all seven of us will be sharing one room, which is no different then how we have been staying upto this point(apart from 2 nights in fl). i know that we are all looking forward to some more privacy after this week, but God has most certaintly used this time of being so close together to bring better community among the group. after visiting the room we went to the roof, there ended up being an additional apartment atop of the roof where 3 girls were living. the girls are with the peace core and one of them is working in a school within the community which made noel very excited, because noel wants to spend time serving in schools with the childeren and now she has direct english/spanish speaking connection. these ladies from the peace core can also help us intergrate into the community in other ways... it is very benenficial to us and the community.

we start researching the area(source of water, line in which it travels, etc) and training of the water purifiers this week. one purifier goes into the local hospital, and the other in the apartment complex. i made a prayer request in my last post regarding sacrificing our comfort... this was more directed to the fact that because of our hosts upto that point we felt like we werent being challenged in this way, and in some ways felt more like tourists rather then missionaries who have come to serve. praise God because there is already a stark constrast between now and then, and we feel like our expectations of oppertunity have been exceeded at this point.

my grammar/spelling went unchecked due to the time, but i must go
we love youall