We arrived in Guatemala 1 hour after posted time due to weather in Dallas. We left Dallas in horizontal rain showers & arrived in 18 degrees Celsius weather on a balmy evening.
Our day started early, most of the team was at the Calgary airport by 5:00 AM. There was a flurry of checking passports, handing out e-tickets & lining up for flight check-in. Everybody had a passport, good thing! Unfortunately, one of us had an expired passport... bad thing! But, with a lot of help from above & a world-record round trip from the airport to the Bearspaw area and back, everyone was through customs & ready to board by 7:10 AM.
After lots of card games, napping, laughter & free pop, we arrived in Dallas ahead of schedule for a 4 hour layover. When we finally boarded for our flight to Guatemala city, we sat on the runway for an hour waiting for 23 planes ahead of us to take off. It was pouring "cats & dogs" (there was a tornado watch southwest of us)!!
But, we arrived safely & with ALL of our luggage! 31 of us poured out of the aeropuerto in Guatemala City ready for an adventure of God-directed proportions. We were greeted by our Impact Ministry hosts; Zaak, Eric & Israel. They whisked us away to the Seteca Seminary where we had our first Guatemalan meal of chicken burgers or chicken salad from Pollo Campero's. What a day... and it's only just begun.
Here's just a few more pictures of the day.
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