09/05/10

It is Mother's Day today so let me start off by saying Happy Mother's Day to all you Mom's out there, especially my wife and my mother.  Despite it being Mother's Day the Mission Team decided to meet at our regular time due to it getting down to crunch time.  We had a lively meeting with lots of laughs mixed in with the serious planning items.

Earlier this week we received our tentative schedule for our in country travel for Guatemala.  I have posted it below as best I could but tonight we were told that we will not likely stick to any kind of schedule as things frequently change in this type of mission.  The schedule does provide some insight into the activities that we will be partaking in.  There are a few things I am really looking forward to.  Interacting with the kids in VHII will be a great experience so VBS activities should be inspiring.  Working in a locale that has limited resources will be challenging and to do this with language barriers will be eye opening and rewarding.  Last but not least is the opportunity to see a volcanoe.  All I can say to that is WOW.

OFFICIAL SCHEDULE IN - COUNTRY

May 20 - 31
CHURCH ACC
COMMUNITY VILLA HORTENCIA II
REGION IXIL
CITY NEBAJ
STATE QUICHE
COUNTRY GUATEMALA

Thursday  May 20
20:55 PM Arrival STTC All Aurora Airport
20:55 - 21:30 Lodge and rest STTC All Semilla FH Van

Friday May 21
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast STTC All Sarita FH Van
09:00 - 16:00 Travel to the Ixil STTC All Utz Laja Hotel FH Van
16:00 - 18:00 Free STTC All Utz Laja Hotel

Saturday May 22
08:00 - 09:00 Regional staff intro Admon. Office W
09:00 - 10:30 Leaving time DIL & STTC VHII FH trucks
10:30 - 11:00 Leaders' welcome DIL & STTC VHII
11:00 - 13:00 Sport Court construction DIL & STTC All VHII
14:00 - 16:00 Construction DII & STTC All Community
16:00 - 17:30 Meeting with Ladies STTC All Community
17:30 - 18:00 Free None All Hotel

Sunday May 23
08:00 - 13:00 Site seeing DIL & STTC All VHII
14:00 - 15:00 Home visit I DIF & STTC Community
15:00 - 16:00 Home visit II DIF & STTC
16:00 - 18:00 Church service STTC All VHII

Monday May 24
08:00 - 13:00 Sport Court construction DIL & STTC VHII
14:00 - 16:00 VBS DII & STTC All Community
16:00 - 17:30 Visit women's work site STTC All Hotel
17:30 - 18:00 Free None All Hotel

Tuesday May 25
08:00 - 13:00 Sport Court construction DIL & STTC VHII
10:00 - 11:00 Home visit III
11:00 - 12:00 Home visit IV
14:00 - 16:00 VBS DII & STTC All Community
16:00 - 17:30 Women's training STTC All Hotel
17:30 - 18:00 Free None All Hotel

Wednesday May 26
08:00 - 13:00 Sport Court construction DIL & STTC VHII
14:00 - 16:00 VBS DII & STTC All Community
16:00 - 17:30 Women's training STTC All Hotel
17:30 - 18:00 Free None All Hotel

Thursday May 27
08:00 - 13:00 Sport Court construction DIL & STTC VHII FH Van
14:00 - 16:00 VBS DII & STTC All Community
16:00 - 17:30 Women's training STTC All Hotel
17:30 - 18:00 Free None All Hotel

Friday May 28
07:00 - 09:00 Hiking DIL & STTC VHII
09:00 - 12:00 Farewell DIL & STTC VHII
12:00 - 13:00 Leave Admon All Pending W
13:00 - 16:00 Meeting and Staff Farewell DIF & STTC Admon Pending
16:00 - 18:00 Free STTC All W

Saturday May 29
06:00 - 13:00 Leave to antigua STTC All Common Hope
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch STTC All Doña Luisa FH Van
14:30 - 17:00 Entertainment & Shopping All Antigua downtown
17:00 - 19:00 Dinner STTC all Antigua downtown
19:00 - 20:00 De-briefing evaluation STTC All Hotel
20:00 ---------- Free Hotel

Sunday May 30
07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast
08:00 - 16:00 Volcanoe tour FH Van
16:00 - 18:00 Clean up
18:00 - 20:00 Dinner Van
20:00 - 04:00 Rest

Monday May 31
04:00 - 05:00 Leave STTC All Aurora Airport FH Van
05:00 - 06:15 Check in Airport All Aurora Airport
6:15 Leave country (CO 457) All Houston CO 457