The Guatemala Adventure Begins!

We arrived in Guatemala on Monday (1 June) in the early morning and were very glad to get our 10 pieces of luggage and boxes safely through customs and off to our new location. This is our new home---"Victoria Suites" apartments in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It is a 5-story building with mostly LDS Senior Missionary couples living in it. Our apartment is on the 4th floor. You can see it above the tree, with the plants hanging over the balcony.

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This is the entrance to our apartment building. It seems to be a pretty safe place---with 2 guards out on the sidewalk, a male receptionist, and an inside metal gate by the receptionist! We have already found our way to a major supermarket (bought out by Wal-Mart) and bought some basic supplies for our new home. What is Guatemala like?---it is green, humid, with lots of flowers, overloaded buses, paint peeling (because of the humidity), and the sounds and culture of Spanish everywhere!


We feel very fortunate to have such a big and comfortable place to live in that is already furnished for us. The picture on the left is our living room---top right is our family room--and lower right is our dining area. The rooms are all very large and we have big picture windows with balconies that give us a great view of----other tall apartment buildings!


Our apartment has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, a laundry area, a spacious kitchen (with loads of storage space!) and we keep the windows and sliding glass doors open so that the cool breezes blow in. It is great!

These are our bedrooms---one is a workroom, one is for sleeping, and one is for visitors. [We really do have a lot of space, so please feel free to come and visit us while we are here. But be sure to bring some newborn kits with you. There is a great need for humanitarian service here and newborn kits will be well-used!] Tomorrow Neil goes to visit the University of San Carlos where he will be teaching and then we both have an appointment with the U.S. Embassy. So begins another adventure!