Bad news: Unfortunately, during a kayaking adventure, my camera got wet and is now toast...so, no new pictures, but I´m hoping to replace it soon.
Good news: I got hired to teach summer school in Seattle! My first actual teaching job. More Good news: I have new niece as of the 20th! She´s healthy and perfect and doing great.
We´ve been at the lake for about a week now doing a whole lot of nothing. The hostel where we are staying in Santa Cruz is awesome-family style dinners, great folks, yoga in the morning, and views of the lake. We met some cool people our age from Alabama and have been hanging out with them. We´ve been visiting the surrounding pueblos and taking in the sun when we are not helping out with art projects at the local school, which we have been doing in the afternoons. The kids are great-they are super patient with our mediocre Spanish (it´s actually their second language as well) and are friendly and curious about us. We´re having fun here, but are moving on back to the real Guatemala soon (it´s pretty much gringos all around, except when we go up to the school. The lake seems to attract people from the states and Europe who come for a week and then never leave). Tomorrow we´re headed to Chichitestanango or Chi Chi for short to go to a huge, super popular outdoor market. After that, we are probably headed to Xela and to the school we collected donations for, Nueva Esperanza.
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