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Guatemala Part 6

3/25/2016

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This post is a combination of the shopping trip we took to Malacatan, and photos of the first crusade we helped with. This crusade was three nights, but I think most of the photos were from the last night.
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This is the town of Malacatan. The streets and sidewalks were very narrow...my heart got to racing a few times :)
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Our main interest on this shopping trip was fabric. It's pretty cheap compared to American prices and they have a lot of variety. The photo on the left is how they display the fabric on the street and the photo on the right is how the store that we did the majority of our shopping at displayed their product.
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The ladies doing their shopping :)
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The shop owner.
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Lavonne fell asleep in the scrap bin. So cute.
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The lady lived about 8 hours from Malacatan and she would come down for like a week at a time and sell her woven products on the streets. She spoke a little English so it was fun to talk to her. I got a couple scarves and a head band. The scarves cost 75 quintalas, which is about $10 in our money.
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We then went into what would be considered an open air market. They had every thing from garden items, pottery, tourist items, clothing, hammocks, food stands and more. It is under a roof because it so hot, and it was like a maze! I would have been lost for sure.
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This is the tent where the first crusade was held. One of the projects the guys had was putting up this tent. They used bamboo for the poles. Inside the tents are the church people and the "friends", or the unsaved, sit outside the tent. At the back of the tent the women of the church hosting the Crusade set up food stands and sell it during the whole of the meeting.
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We helped the church youth usher, and then before the sermon we sang two songs in Spanish and in English.
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A photo of the youth from our group with the youth from the host church.
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This is the host pastor's daughter, Melanie. I noticed she liked the beaded bookmark I had on my Bible, so I gave it to her. A few minutes later she grabbed my hand and took me over to a trinket stand and bought me some candy and a little ring. I really enjoyed her and her family.  

It was at this crusade that my phone was lost/stolen. So I was without cell service the rest of the trip. We thought it might turn up, but it never did, so someone in Guatemala has a new phone :)
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aunt dona
3/26/2016 11:22:21 am

...oh the memories this is bringing back---I finally got a chance to peek in Lauren you look completely at home and very authentic w/the people- that is a special gift- - the people and sites are truly amazing- the love of the simple things in life-but it is a hard life- some of the hardships they have to deal with- is amazing how they persevere.
Uncle Mitch was just talking about the fabrics-the other day tons and tons--of it all around, you can barely see the owner.in the shop LOL-
I loved going to the open market -the foods and fruit all taste so good-- when I was pregnant w/Nick- the ladies would give be bolilos (?spelling) they would always give me something special.It was a wish of health and luck.
I will be back to read more thoroughly after I get my chores DONE--always with love and affection- Aunt Dona-

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Aunt Cathy
3/28/2016 05:13:31 pm

Truly enjoyed your wonderful mission trip. God bless you.
Happy Easter! HE IS RISEN, ALLELUIA!!!
XOXOX

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