You are all aware that we spent more time than planned in Villa Nueva - thanks for keeping up with the blog and for praying. We are back in Antigua as of this afternoon and we are well!
A group of master´s architecture students and their professor from Texas Tech accompanied a man named Scott to Villa Nueva this weekend. Scott is considering a move to Guatemala the 3 students´thesis project is his dream for what he would one day like to see in Guatemala. The students needed to do a helicopter fly over to get a better feel for the area. They had 2 extra spots on the helicopter and Scott generiously offered them to us.
Of course we took him up on his offer and yesterday morning we drove to the Guatemala airport for our helicopter ride. Because the students wanted to take good pictures, they had the back doors of the helicopter removed. Lee and I were in the first group of four. The other two were Scott, and Luis, a boy from the home who will begin studying architecture in the university this January. Luis sat up front with the pilot, and Lee, Scott and I sat in the back. Scott said that he´d been in a helicopter before so Lee and I got the window-less window seats. It was so wonderful to see where we live from such a different prospective. We saw a beatutiful lake that is right next to a squatter´s village. We saw our home - the children´s home, school, and even some of our kiddos out of the soccer field waving at us amongst a very poor area that was less than a mile from developed condominium like neighborhoods. A once in a lifetime kind of experience - we´re looking foward to watching the video footage that we took while we were up there.
Tomorrow we begin school again, and we´re excited. This time we know that we will be studying for 4 weeks and then we will return to Villa Nueva for the week of Thanksgiving.
We realize that we´ve been terrible at posting pictures - this week - we´ll post pictures this week.
Lee & Staci
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That is such a cool experience! I'm glad you guys got to see Guatemala City from that perspective. And I'm glad you're well. Pictures, YES! You know they tell a thousand words, although you are excellent storytellers if I may say so myself. ;)
Some say Staci is prone to ramble
But I say flying in a window-less helicopter is more of a gamble
To see from the air
Who lives where
Now that'd make me scramble!
I finally got on here! I'm so glad to hear that you are both feeling better! It sounds like you guys are doing good and adjusting well! Can't wait to see pictures! We are praying for you both!
Tye & Cortney
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