This picture was taken upon our arrival at our "home" which had such a beautiful flower garden just outside our front door & window... BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS & BEAUTIFUL KIDS!!!
Our family mission trip to Guatemala turned out to be so much more than I ever imagined!! We had a great time experiencing such a beautiful country together as a family -- and sharing that experience with close friends also added to the total enjoyment of the trip!
I especially want to thank all of our friends and family that prayed for our safety, health, and for our experience...we sure felt protected by your prayers! Mom Kearns, as always I know you were praying for me and my health!
We flew into Guatemala City {Pat, Liz, Sean, Mackenzie, and Judith Brown -- Fr. Avram's darling mother!} late on Monday, July 17th, so we didn't see much of Guatemala City {fine with me, though, as I really don't prefer "cities"!} Arriving later that evening to our hotel was the group that we joined in on their trip: Father Avram Brown, from our parish, and the youth group from Minnesota that Fr. Avram was accompanying to San Lucas Toliman. We headed out early on the 18th to San Lucas Toliman, which was about a 2 hour drive -- through such beautiful country, tropical plants & trees everywhere! We were in the mission of San Lucas from the 18th through 26th, and the days were so full of events and the beautiful children and adults of San Lucas.
Father Greg has done such amazing work in helping the Mayan people of San Lucas, and we were blessed to be even a very small part in his work & gifts to the beautiful people! Thank you Father Greg! It is so awesome, too, to see how grateful and respectful the people of San Lucas are to Fr. Greg.
I hope and pray that in sorting out and posting our pictures from the trip, I will be able to gather my thoughts and experiences to share with you all! For now, I will just say that this experience and the faces of the people in San Lucas Toliman touched my heart, deeply! I look forward to sharing the pictures and experiences with you all!
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