Before we left Jalapa I got this picture of Kristin Duncan telling a story in the bilingual academy. She's telling the students that they don't want to be bad apples!
A couple of famous Guatemalan volcanoes as the clouds uncovered them one morning. Seen from Antigua, the old capital city of Guatemala. I can never remember which of these is which, but I think Agua (water) is the large one near the center with a sort of dip at the top, and Fuego (Fire) is the one to the left. That's a cloud behind it, by the way. These are not now active volcanoes, as far as I know.
The arch in Antigua. Note the cobblestone streets.
These little taxis are called "Tuc Tucs" (took tooks) and are at once the bane of the transportation system (there are lots of them and they crowd each other and the cars to claim space) and the blessing of many people (providing transportation where buses don't go and jobs for people who can't afford to buy and operate taxis or buses). I saw one that had a sign on the back: "When I grow up I want to be a bus."
Juan Lemus, an old friend and former student. Now with the Nazarenes, he's been told by fellow pastors and professors, "You still have an Emanuel heart." Our church in Guatemala goes by the Emanuel name.
Ronald and Anna Smith in a chapel service where I spoke during the revival services in Guatemala city.
Their granddaughter, Heidi, an MK from Mexico, played the keyboard for that service.
One afternoon I was downtown (with some others) and heard the national marimba band playing. They were in a bandshell to one side of the central park in Guatemala City. Nice music! Just PLEASE, don't tell anyone I was at a dance!!
Sadly, crime has gotten to the point where many neighborhoods have placed barriers like these at some intersections. A car BARELY fits between any two of them, so thieves, if they are present, either have to leave on foot or drive out very slowly. Of course, it also impedes the rest of the people (bad) and heavy traffic that might otherwise pass through (good).
And in other neighborhoods they've even put up gates.
The church where I preached the revival services has a nice youth choir, directed by one of the pastor's married sons.
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The Zona 7 house where we lived is now gated as well, that was interesting. I haven't ridden in a Tuc Tuc either, but we were amazed at all of them when we were there last year. I don't remember them at all from when we lived there... they must be a somewhat recent phenomenon.
Yes, tuc tucs have just shown up in the last few years and have exploded in number. Imported from India, I think, they're fairly cheap, can carry up to five people (three in the back and one on either side of the driver), and run routes that take off from main bus routes -- or, in the case of someplace like Jalapa, take the place of taxis and buses that don't even run there.
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