guatey

guatemala here i come

since i most likely wont be blogging while i am away here is my tentative schedule!
i am asking for loads of your prayers during my trip.
for safety! & for a good trip!

On Friday, Mar. 27:

Fly to Houston then from there the flight to Guatemala City is about 2 ½ hours. Then we have another hour + to get to Antigua to the base in Guatemala.

On Saturday, Mar. 28:

You will be going to a Jade factory tour and probably up on the mountain of the

cross. 2 markets to buy breakfast goods for the coast and snacks for the

way there. basically a nice chill day to get used to guatemala. :)

On Sunday, Mar. 29: Guatemalan I-HOP! for breakfast then

head to church. From there head to the town we will be in during the week. It takes about 4 hours to get to the hotel down in Champerico. We will be working in a village called El Rosario outside this town. We are staying in a nice hotel in Champerico during the week!

On Monday, Mar. 30: Head to the village and go to the drill site.

Day one we will drill a pilot hole. Each day I will be working with the women and children with the hygiene teaching while part of the group works on the well.

On Tuesday, Mar. 31: We will ream a larger hole, set casing, flush the well, gravel

pack the borehole, and maybe start developing the well.

On Wednesday, Apr. 1: This is development day and playing with the kids day.

On Thursday, Apr. 2: You will be setting the pump and then having a dedication service. By noon, you will be heading back to Antigua.

On Friday, Apr. 3: You will go to a coffee plantation and then be set loose to finish up your shopping. That evening, you will eat at a very nice restaurant for a celebration dinner.

On Saturday, Apr. 4: You will head back home very early! My flight gets back into Durham at 10:30pm! so it will be a very long day indeed!!

if i can post- i will but probably not. so keep us all in your prayers. ill be with a big church group out of 1st baptist of houston! :)

love & peace!

d

amazing friend: P

i have an amazing friend. P. she has a blog. its called stinky sweet. you can read it over there: ----> anyway. i came home today and found a package from HER. granted she told me i was getting one... i just completely forgot about it- until i saw it. :) it made me smile and get so excited on the inside! P- im writing a blog just for you since i didnt' want to call you at 1045pm. anyway. there was good news & bad news. she sent me some AWESOME coffee mugs. 4. 2 were painted by the expert craft woman herself! they are suppper cute. bad news is: the one that says: Mr S. (my new name) is broken. BUT THE ONE THAT SAYS MRS S IS PERFECT!!! haha... so yay me!! sadly another one was broken, but one other lived. so 2/4 isn't too bad?!?! sad but true. and im pretty sure Mr. S's cup is salvagable! anyway- they are awesome!! and now i have a cup with MY NEW NAME!! ahhH! still seems so weird! anyway. i got some cute luggage tags & a passport holder & great cards too!!

so moving on to the luggage tags- they will get some good use as I pack up TOMORROW for the big trip. i am so thrilled. really i can't wait!! tomorrow is going to be a bit crazy, but i know it will be fine!

off to bed so i can read some espanol and get some sleep.

love & peace
d

promise kept.

pictures from our hoppin engagement party!

watching basketball:

:)

ryan stated after this pic was taken "story of my life"

my roommates! (& a boyfriend!!)

the hostest with the mostest! the amazing M

soon to be sister & adopted sister

the happy family

basketball was INTENSE

it was an AWESOME party.
a blast.
laughed HARD.
so hard i cried.
smiled a lot.
ate a lot.
it was fantastic.

:) love & peace

blog checker.

so today... its been the slowest day at work... EVER.
and its 100% due to the fact i was "floated" to another floor that was down a nurse.
just a regular old gen/med floor with some oncology patients. and by some i mean like 1. anyway. its a new experience, and while there are many times i dont enjoy my job- its days like this i realize there are much worse places to be. its not really "worse" just different. reallllly slow paced. not much going on. kinda chill. thats not really my style. im a quicker person... which is one reason i do enjoy my floor. its a faster paced always moving place. now some days are terribly overwhelming and crazy- but a lot of times the day flies by at a great pace. keeps me busy and def not bored.

anyway. back to me being a blog checker. ive logged onto my blog a million times today- just to hope and see if someone has maybe posted a story or a picture or something. so far- ive got nothing. but dont worry... ill keep checking & ill prob be the first to read your post for the day...

anyway. only 2 more days of work before 2 weeks off for guatemala! i looked at the city im going to- on the coast! its like a coastal vacation spot for guatemalans! im so excited!! sounds amazing- thats the city we are in- the village we are working in is about an hour away- i think up on a mountain. and ill be with the kids- teaching about hygiene and washing their hands. wow. im SO excited... like bursting at the seems. ry & i bought some fun toys at the dollar store and walmart yesterday- bubbles, frisbee, ball, jump rope!

should be amazing... other than being away from ryan... like no internet, or phone, or anything... ekkK! but i know it will fly by and be so good. anyway- ill try to update this thing all week with stuff we are doing on the trip- and im hoping to schedule some posts so that they will come up during my trip of what im "supposed" to be doing that day!! haha... at least what the itinerary tells me im doing. anyway.

back to work.

peace & love.
d

guatemala...

im going there.
in like five days.
HOLY COW!!

please pray for me, for safety, support, good health, and a good (successful) time.

pray for ryan and the fams too.

i can't believe its so soon!!

i did find some AWESOME "missionary" skirts at goodwill today. no really they are awesome. i didn't plan on this happening, but i bought 2 banana republic skirts, BR pants, a ralph lauren skirt and a lands end skirt... all for 18 bucks... and all for my trip. who knew a missionary could be so stylish... hahah.

anyway.

i need to get to bed, ill try and post pics from the party tomorrow.
as long as work doesn't wear me out.

off to bed. i work mon, tues, wed, then off TWO weeks for the big trip!!

peace & love.

d

a fav

i love this picture.
for so many reasons.
we are at the beach.
i am with ryan.
i am reading a book.
we look so relaxed.

mmmmm. a good beach day. id love another one.

peace & love. d

par-tay

who knew i had so many friends!?!?
...ok well they may not actually be friends... but they came to my engagement party.
last night was a blast. so so so much fun.
brother in law to be & his girlfriend planned the most awesome party for us.

we had tons of asian food (that they found at an asian market!)
awesome drinks.
tons of fun people came.
basketball was AWESOME last night.
and it was a super last night (for us at least!)
party wasn't over til 2! haha...

gosh it was so fun.
so so so so so so fun.
i wish alll of my friends from home couldve been there. it was great!

ill post pictures as soon as i get them!!

love & peace!