by Steve Thomason | Nov 15, 2017 | Guatemala
This post has four parts: whiplash, Tikal, Mario, and Finca Ixobel Whiplash I woke up yesterday morning on a hard wood board in the village of Maya Itza and went to bed in a luxurious hotel on a Lake in Flores. This socio-economic whiplash was difficult to process. As...
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by Steve Thomason | Nov 14, 2017 | Guatemala
I’m sitting in the bus, thankful for paved roads. We spent several hours yesterday, and several hours today, riding on terribly rocky dirt roads, pocked with deep holes filled with rain water. I marveled as we traveled from the nice mountain resort of Bombil Pek (that...
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by Steve Thomason | Nov 13, 2017 | Guatemala
The women’s retreat is now over. Some of the women will leave at 5:00am and travel all day. A couple of them have to take a boat for the final leg of their journey. That is how remote their village is. Today was full of wonderful learning experiences for me. I am...
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by Steve Thomason | Nov 12, 2017 | Guatemala
I’m writing this post early on Sunday morning. The women’s retreat went well yesterday. However, six villages backed out at the last minute. They wanted to come, but their husbands did not allow them to attend. This is indicative of why this women’s retreat is so...
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by Steve Thomason | Nov 11, 2017 | Guatemala
Our travels started at 3:00am yesterday. Well, they tried to start. Lona was kind enough to pick up Denise on the way to the airport to drop us off at 3:30 in preparation for a 5:15am flight to Houston. Deb and Sammy, the mother and daughter team, were already at the...
