Guatemala Part 4

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Isn't this little piggy just too cute?! I'm not usually fond of pigs, but this little guy was cute :)

I was surprised at how many turkeys we saw, all domestic. Some were even tied up. This tom was really showing his stuff.

We were blessed to be able to purchase firewood for a local widow and deliver it to her. She has been widowed for five years and does not have a steady income, so the wood was a blessing to her, as she didn't even have an area she could go gather it. Her name was Lorna, the bottom left photo is me and her.

Horses are still used quite a bit there and we saw some riders doing an interesting balancing act with produce!

You saw a photo of the Moreno's houses in Part 2, this looking from the road toward their row of four houses.

A lady from the church down the road cooking lunch for the guys who were working on a project for the pastor's family.

The guys took down an old tin roof that covered the family's cooking and eating area and put up a new one. (for the pastor's family)

Papito preparing these leaves for our dinner. This plant is similar to something we have here in America and is in the Nightshade family.

The river! We only swam at this spot once and I really enjoyed it. There was a high bank that the guys enjoyed jumping off of. We had a few local boys join us as well. One of our group, Joe, jumped in with his glasses on and lost them in 8-10 feet of murky water. After several minutes of searching, Emilton, our group leader, found them on the river bed! Truly a miracle. This was one of the times I wish I knew how to swim...or at least had a life jacket because that high bank looked really fun!

This posts are not doing our time there justice...I wish I could give you all just a taste of what I experienced...but since I can't, you'll just have to go back with me sometime :)