At Lake Atitlan

Saturday, March 17, 2012

We Survived the First Week!


You probably know how hard it is to change jobs, having to learn new duties and maybe a new boss.
Suppose that along with changing jobs
you are also changing companies with a new culture and vocabulary
and moving to a new house with strange furnishings,
in a foreign culture,
with a different language,
where you have to be on guard for people who want to rob you,
and everyone has hired guns in front of their home or business,
where you don’t know where to go for things you need
and you cant find what you need when you finally get there,
where the roads are confusing and seem to be designed to make it hard to get anywhere,
and helpful street signs are in short supply,
and rush hour lasts from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM,
and the drivers use a WHOLE different set of rules.

Then you see the faces of children and it makes it all worthwhile!

1 comment:

  1. What a great group of people! The adventure begins...it will be very interesting to see how the statements in this post change when your time is closing there and you are the ones training and welcoming the new missionaries to the mission!

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