We arrived today at 6:15AM after traveling the red-eye flights all night. In Washington-Dulles we met Joseph, a 16 year old Guatemalan who has dual citizenship in the US as well. He was coming back from spending two months in Virginia with family. We talked to him pretty extensively about Guatemalan culture and the differences between life in Central America and the US. We taught him how to play Go Fish! As we were landing in Guatemala City, there was a beautiful view of a volcano that looked like it came straight out of a "science fair project" as Becky said. Customs and immigration isn't quite up to the level of thoroughness of that of more developed countries. Us, a group of seven said we had nothing to declare so we went through the "nothing to declare" doors with our ten bags and 14 or so carry-ons and we weren't given so much as a second glance. Jack Ciak of Casa Para Los Niños Alleluia picked us up a few minutes later and we were quickly on our way. We arrived about an hour after we left the airport and I collapsed into the bed. Around 9:30 Philip woke me up and we went over the rules and Jack gave us a tour of the place. It's a huge facility and they seem to really know what they're doing. We have a great living quarters which includes a kitchen and dining area along with enough beds for an army. We made lunch at about 11:00 because we were starving and then we went our separate ways. Most went to bed (I had already gotten my nap for the day) and some of us stayed up to read and do some work (like writing travel journals). We're not going to do too much today except play with the kids and make dinner around 5:30--we're thinking traditional Guatemalan hamburgers :) .
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