Today we leave Tactic!! Many of the team would like to stay, but maybe by leaving them wanting more, they will be back in the future.
It's a long 6 hour journey to Antigua. We stop briefly for ice cream after 2 hours & then journey on to Guatemala City. We see some major traffic wrecks as we travel; an overturned logging truck, the burnt shell of a tanker truck hanging over the edge of a cliff & a van squished into a bridge guard rail by a large truck. Praise God for our safety as we travel. Once in Guatemala City, the team is given the choice of having a late lunch at KFC, McDonala's or Pollo Campero's. The overwhelming majority votes for Pollo Campero's; perhaps it's one of the last few opportunities we will have to truly experience Guatemala. Following the meal, we push on to Antigua Guatemala.
Antigua is an 11 by 11 square block of cobblestone streets, churches/seminaries/nunneries & estate homes that have been turned into hotels. We arrive at our hotel and quickly divide the team up into room-mates for our two day stay. Within the hour, we are ready for a quick walk around Antigua before arriving at our restaurant for dinner. While we walk, it begins to rain, and we find ourselves dodging from overhang to overhang in front of businesses and banks.
After dinner, we return to our hotel for devotions. The team shares highlights of the trip & Les gives us two questions to reflect on as homework for tomorrow nights devotion:
1. How have you seen God revealed during the past 10 days.
2. What will you change about your life upon returning to Calgary.
During devotions, the team has a very intense experience of re-dedicating their lives to following God & accepting the guidance of their parents away from "worldly' desires. Lot's of prayer, tears & hugs end the evening. And, to top it all off, Dr. Garth gets pictures of a nearby volcano with lava plumes coming off it's top. So cool!
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