The Last Supper-Pizza with the 12

13 August 2008

We got up in the morning and headed into Guatemala City. It was a 4+ hour ride, but we made a stop at a “rest area” that we had stopped at ages ago on our way to Coban. It had nice, clean restrooms, which was a bonus because many of our group were having intestinal problems. Tara and David had a meeting with Heifer in GC, so they rode along with us and we dropped them off.

When we got to the Seminary Guest House in GC, we dropped off our stuff and headed into the market. We all had last minute shopping to do and had not had very much time during the trip. We took the city bus and the new rapid transit across the city. It was nice to see things along the way. We went into a restaurant for lunch, just as the afternoon rain was starting, but it wasn’t quite over by the time we were done, so we got wet. We went to the central market and had a little over an hour to get all our last minute things done. I had a fair amount of success, but it felt very rushed.

We headed back to the Guest House via taxi because of injured ankles and one person feeling quite sick. When we got back, we hung out together, checked in for our flights home, slept, played cards, and, eventually, got pizza and ate together. Our group decided to have a mini-debriefing just to check in before we left the country. One person was not from California and we wanted time to talk all together. We shared our favorite parts and it was clear we had connected as a group. Every person on the trip was a wonderful addition.