Yo voy a Guatemala!

I am leaving the country for a few days with a partner organization in my work called Living Waters for the World.  I will assist in bringing a water filtration and disinfection system, and training operators and teachers how to use it at a school in El Asintal north of Retalhuleu, Guatemala.  Then we will visit another school in San Juan Comalapa where other team members built a system 2 years ago.  We will spend a day touring a coffee plantation with former YAV Jane Atkinson, and tour around Antigua before flying home.


Please pray for our team and our experience there. It is such a gift to participate in theis kingdom building work. I hope to bring you lots of pictures, good stories and make some friends on this journey.  Below is some more information about the trip.


See you on May 21!

Alex’s Guatemala trip itinerary

Team members Mac Sterrett -team captian (101)

Dan Woodworth (103, Liz Branch’s cousin)
Joan Bundy (102 from Warrenton,VA—did clean water training with Alex
Connie Miller of Massanutten church
Alex Haney (103, Ferncliff YAV 2015)

 

Sun May 10: Virginia team departs Staunton late afternoon, travel to Joan’s house (overnight)


Mon May 11:  Depart Joan’s 4:00-4:30 to Dulles (flight is 7:30); Alex 7:15 flight to Atlanta.  Team and Alex meet in Atlanta, arrive Guatemala City 12:10.  Depart airport by 1:30, meet Pablo From LWW Guatemala Network and Israel our driver, grab lunch and drive 5 hours (Google says 3) to Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta Project (El Asintal), El Ayal.  Would like to go to school in El Ayal that evening to meet, look, plan.  Back to Reu for overnight.


This is where we will stay Monday 11th – Friday 15th:  http://hotelastorguatemala.com/


Tue May 12:  El Ayal;  begin H&H in morning (maybe afternoon?)  FULL DAY ON SITE, building the water system, training operations and teaching H&H to students and teachers  (Reu)


Wed May 13:  El Ayal;   FULL DAY ON SITE  (Reu) 


Thu May 14:  El Ayal;  FULL DAY ON SITE  (complete installation)  (Reu)


Fri May 15:  El Ayal;  FULL DAY ON SITE; testing and training; celebration in afternoon  (Reu)


Sat May 16:  Depart after breakfast; drive 5 hours (Google says 3) to Comalapa; overnight in Comalapa,


NOTES FROM MAC about the Hotel in Comalapa,” our teams have stayed there twice in the past and have found it to be quite comfortable, rooms have private bathrooms, very adequate for a small town in a less-developed country, and most importantly, clean and safe.   Heat is not something that many places in Guatemala provide, because it is the “land of eternal spring,” and also because it is a less-developed country.  The owners are friends of the people we will visit (Long Way Home, Inc.) and they house many of their visitors there.  I believe you will be very comfortable there.  Believe me, I have stayed in far worse! http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g1137804-d7220619-r239140058-El_Refugio_de_Dona_Catrina-Chimaltenango_Chimaltenango_Department.html”


Sun May 17:  Long Way Home:  We are visiting friends at this school where Mac, Joan, and others from Virginia built a water system 2 years ago.  The school is made of trash! check it out:  http://www.lwhome.org/


Mon May 18: Long Way Home


Tue May 19:  Depart after breakfast, drive 1:30 to coffee plantation; depart noon; drive 1 hour *(Google says 30 mins) to Antigua.  Visit former YAV Jane Atkinson and tour De La Gent Coffee Plantation where she works http://www.dlgcoffee.org/  Overnight in Antigua Hotel El Carmen http://elcarmenhotel.com/


Wed May 20:  Depart Antigua 10:00 for 1 hour drive to airport (flight departs 1:20 p.m, arrive Dulles 11:41 p.m.  Alex arrives in Little Rock 10:30pm