This was our last day in San Pablo and our last night in Zacapa. For the team it is a bittersweet time for there are longings to go home, but friendships have been made and parting is sad. The day with home visits was a blessing for both the visitors and those visited. We're thankful to God for the way in which everything worked our so well.
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| Shishkebobs for lunch. Excellent!! |
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| I met Carlos and asked to have a picture with him. Men take their machete to the woods to cut wood and then sell it. Later, I asked if there was a machete that I could buy. Immediately, he sent someone out to find one. I would receive it later at the entrance to the church. |
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Leonel and his son. Leonel taught music and English in the Lutheran school for many years. He has a serious case of Parkinson's disease, his hands shake and it is somewhat difficult to understand him as he speaks (and he did speak in English).
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| Alex and Karla served as two of our translators. Karla teaches music and religion at the Lutheran school in Zacapa. |
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| The burro is a commonplace beast of burden. Kids use them for transportation and they are also frequently used for carrying supplies or loads of woods. |
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| This burro is in use. |
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| Cows on the streets of San Pablo. It was common for us to see cows walking the gravel road as we traveled to and from our hotel in Zacapa to San Pablo. |
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| We met this family on one of our home visits. The woman's husband has been bedridden for three years. In many of these families, there are 30 or more grandchildren (some through divorce and second marriage) and others simply by big families of 10 children or more. |
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| St. Peters Catholic Church in Zacapa. After we returned from San Pablo at the end of the afternoon, we stopped in Zacapa at the downtown square and the church. |
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| The chancel at St. Peters. One gentleman offered to get the priest so that I could meet him, but he happened to be resting. The chancel is beautiful - contemporary and traditional. |
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| Tina suggested that I might want to take this manger set back for Karol........not enough room in my suitcase. They were dismantling the creche on Monday. |
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| Security tends to be tight in the larger cities. It is not uncommon to see rifles carried by men dressed in a variety of camo. It didn't make me feel safe, it made me feel nervous. |
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| Mariachi band with a lot of spunk and flavor. |
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