signing off...

Bienvenidos a La Republica de Guatemala.

we are back safe and sound from Guatemala.
Here we are riding on the bus just after passing through the border (where i sort of got into an argument with these two guys who run the washroom- they made the Salvadoran man in front of us pay 1 Quetzal to use the washroom and then told us it was 2 Quetzales. So i said "2! but you just told that guy it was one! Why is it two for us and one for him?...because we're gringos right?"
tom just said "em...it's ok...just pay it...it's ok"
i eventually gave in and paid the 2 Qs.
hahah. oh brother)


Here I am at the bus depot after we RUSHED to make a bus, missed it by 10 minutes, and then had to wait and hour and a half for the next one!
this was how i felt at the time- I had thomas document it for me.


it's hard to believe that this is our last day here in El Salvador!
and it is a full one
this morning we will go to Emmanuel Baptist Church for the last time, then we'll go downtown for a few last minute gifts we want to pick up, then it's home to pack up all our stuff (we are coming home with double the amount we came down with!) after which we'll go out to church with Ashley and Elvis again.

and tomorrow our flight is at 8:00 in the morning...which means it will be an early day for sure!

i need to get going on some things
but i wanted to let you know that we had a good trip to Guatemala
we didn't end up getting to Lake Atitlan which was disappointing- but it was just way too hectic. too much to do and not enough days
we will just have to come back again : )


here are a few random photos of us from around Antigua.




right now one of the kittens had managed to climb up on the couch and is snuggled up beside me
they are a bit crazy now.
they cry all the time and have started to pee
yikes!

today we are taking two to church to give away to their owners
it will be sad to see them leave
but they are a bit crazy- having 5 of them in the one house can get overwhelming!

(for suzannah's birthday we mad them little party hats! hahahah)


well,
I don't excpect to have time to write again before we leave tomorrow.
I may or may not get to post once we get home (to let you know that all is well)

but until then
thank you again for interest in our trip, and for following along with us.

peace to you all
this is thomas and Emily
signing out.