well, we made it to guatemala. after a pretty crazy flight, we drove through streets with no lanes going in all different directions making jackie ultimately vomit. but, we made it. it is absolutely beautiful here. we are surrounded by three volcanos and are living in a traditional latin american hacienda. the layout consists of two stories of rooms surrounding a central outdoor garden. there are walls on all sides and we have a very large door to the outside. we feel like we are in a fortress. there are also stairs leading to the roof where we do most of our pondering\admiring the view. every few minutes we hear fireworks celebrating some kind of holy week. it is a crazy place. we are looking forward to going into the city. we are overwhelmed with joy.