Late Night Updates

Well we made it here safely! Everyone arrived at church around 5:15 where we loaded the bus, prayed, and began our journey to the airport. The two and a half hour drive was rather uneventful, but the airport process was new to over half of us. We had our bags weighed and checked with Peter’s cast being the only thing that had to be checked twice by security. After waiting for about 20 minutes, we boarded the plane with our adrenaline pumping. The thrust of the powerful jet engines launched us into the stratosphere beginning our flight.

When we arrived in Guatemala City, most of us were thoroughly confused…the signs were entirely in Spanish! We got through customs surprisingly easily because they did not even check a single bag. The next part of our journey was a 4 hour drive up and down mountain passes. Unlike America the landscape doesn’t change for the road, the road conforms to the mountains. We lost one bag along the way which we had to stop on a highway to pick up.

Tonight we made it to the dorms at around 7 o clock Guatemalan time (which is 2 hours behind PA time). After a luscious supper we got all the rooms prepared and our stuff unpacked. Then we got back together for a time of reflecting on the first day of the trip. We are all pretty tired and it is time for us to get to bed because we will be attending and singing at a local church tomorrow.

Thanks for all the prayers,
Austin Good