Guatemala Mission Team First Day down!!

Well, it has been quit the adventure for the first day!! It was an early morning start to a long eventful day. Two 2 hour plane rides, delay for 3 hours, a 3 hour truck/van ride and we have finally made it to the Ezell Clinic at about 9 :40 tonight. Our day went all too smoothly when we arrived in the Guatemala City airport, even comments of ¨this is too easy¨ were said as we pulled our luggage off the conveyor belt onto carts and met up with our two fearless drivers Alex and Danny. We loaded up the van and truck and as we pulled out of the new and improved parking garage in Guatemala city the van top with luggage managed to hit a light/sign which came crashing down and which happen to lead to a 3 hour wait for authorities to arrive and bills to be paid. No worries no one was hurt we all relaxed in the ¨new¨ garage as we waited for things to be finalized and we headed on our way. Unfortunately this put us in Guatemala City rush hour (5 :00pm) and in a city of 4 million you don´t get too far which put a damper on time. We reconvened at a McDonald's where we all inhaled burgers and fries and set out for the Ezell Clinic a 2 hour drive through back roads. But we have arrived safely and we are all in good spirits and have had great company to greet us!! I have to say I am looking forward to a nice bed tonight, a shower in the morning, and a hot breakfast to start the day off right along with some fabulous coffee!! The plan is to go to the two bridge sites from previous mission trips and then head out to the camp site for our water pump project which is a few hours out from here. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers we have a lot to do in the next few weeks!!! Thank you all for the support!!!

Sincerely,

Dana Savage