Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Headed into Rest Week...

Mom arrived last Tuesday, and it has been fantastic having her here in Guatemala with me.  She substituted one day for me so I could observe Katie.  She's also run errands with me (including a 6-hour jaunt at the DMV), helped me cook and clean house, and just been great to talk to.

Every last Friday of the month we have Acto Civico, or Civic Act, at school.  Since we celebrate Independence Day in July, La Senda held an English Civic Act.  We showed and explained four tableaus key in American history.

Tableau 1: Our version of Washington crossing the Delaware

Tableau 3: Women's Rights

This month's fundraiser was sponsored by third grade: Hawaiian Day.  Lots of leis, hula, limbo, and fruit!
 The preschool fashion participants

 Los gringos

La Senda Family, Estilo Hawaiana

Katie and I wrapped up a 5-week VBS stint.  It was small, but I enjoyed spending time with the neighborhood girls who came.  We focused on who Jesus is via Bible accounts of his miracles, ending with He is our Savior and sharing the gospel with the girls.

Me, Astrid, Katie, and Yennifer

We have a week off from school.  Besides taking care of business and trying to plan a bit for fourth quarter, we have some time to relax!

The proof:  Mom is here with me!  Here, we're in the park in Antigua 

 Katie's been craving nachos.  No better place to go in Guatemala for those than Monoloco.

 Mid-water war meeting.  We enjoyed playing water balloon capture the flag and then all-out water wars afterwards with the La Senda kids.

 Walking down the highway to breakfast...

...at Cafe Cacao 

Mama and Me :)

Monday, July 11, 2011

Of Pizza Making, Boat Racing, and Shopping

Last weekend Katie and I enjoyed a sleepover with all the La Senda girls.

We made homemade pizzas.  Yum yum!

5th graders ready for boat racing. 
The USS Give God the Glory (Mimi and Almendra's) won at 17 seconds, followed by the USS Killer (Abraham and Victor's) at 24 seconds.

 Two of the girls putting their final touches on their boat

Our cheerleaders: several of the preschool students

 Lupita working very hard to send her boat down the gutter


Enma with new shoes and necklace, thanks to a friend back in the States.  She enjoyed trying on a bunch of shoes in Payless, but she admitted it was a hard decision.