HAPPENINGS LAST WEEK

Well I have not been a very good blogger this trip, I keep getting behind the curve. I will try to capture the highlights of last weeks happenings. On Monday we were still in Monterrico so Tuesday November 25th Susy and some others were driving into Antigua so I caught a ride with them and went to MacDonalds, one of my favorite places here and had a latte. Hung out there for a while and then took the bus back to help Kalissa get lunch ready. Wednesday I only remember driving into Antigua for the Bible Study and we stopped at the bakery Dona Louisa's and got some yogurt and bagels to have here for breakfast. Thursday was Thanksgiving. There is a store called PriceSmart that is like a Costcos that they have around Central America. The closest one is in Guatrmala City. Kalissa needed to stock up on things for here at the base for a big group of 16 that is coming in a couple of weeks. So a few of us headed out in the van first thing in the morning for PriceSmart. It was a pretty good trip but we got back just in time to head over to Mark and Dayle's house for thanksgiving dinner. Dayle is a good cook and she had prepared a good Thanksgiving meal. Susy, Olga, and I drove over separate because Susy had to leave early. I left with Susy and came back to the base and had a few hours to relax and have some downtime to myself. I enjoyed that. Then later that night Kalissa, Susy, and I watched the second hunger games movie on DVD because we were going the next day to see the new one. Olga had left to go over to her sisters and spend the night. Friday morning Susy, Kalissa, and I went into Antigua to Camino Church to the women's Bible Study they have there. It was pretty interesting. It's a good group of women who attend, I enjoyed it. About 4 in the afternoon we left to drive into Guatemala City to Oakland Mall that has a theater that shows movies in 4D and watched the new Hunger Games movie. It was good and the 4D was interesting. The crazy part was the traffic driving into the city. The traffic was totally unbelievable it was sooooo bad. It took us over 3 hours to make a drive that should have been less than one hour. Saturday Susy, Olga, and I drove into Antigua. We took Olga to the Eye doctors to have her eyes checked and she does need glasses. After that we went over to the small market area they have on Saturday and Sunday where Clara and Faostina both go and sell and I saw Faostina for the first time this trip. It was good to see her. Across the street from where we were is a restaurant and deli called Epicure. We went in and ate and the food was very good, I liked it. Saturday night we came into town for Soul Patrol. I saw Faostina again and Susy and I talked to her. I enjoyed that. Sunday night we came back in for Soul Patrol and it was a good night again. I went into Cafe Baristta and had some food for the first time this trip and it was good. That was my week in a nutshell.