Picture post :-)

This is Antigua, Guatemala. Mountains, Volcanoes and Churches are in large supply. The 5 people standing at the foot of the cross are other missionaries serving at the Farm.
This is San Francisco, where we go to Mass. The church looks as though it is ruins (partly because it is) It was destroyed by an earthquake many years ago, and just recently they have decided to reconstruct it.
Flowers are also in large supply in Antigua. The whole town is colored purple, orange, and red. It is quite a treat to be able to see this on the way to work.
These are 2 of the 7 people I'll be living with for the next 2.5 year. David (from California) and Allison (from Chicago). They are playing with the cootie catcher we had just made. (The things you do when you don't have internet!)
This is Ashley (from Massachusetts) and Kevin (from Tennessee!!) Laughing at David and Allison playing with the cootie catcher.
On the left is Erin Lucía (from Maryland). Her middle name is not actually Lucía... but we have 3 Erins serving at the Farm, and needed someway to distinguish between them. Her middle name is actually Lucy, which sounds like lazy to hispanic people- so they thought we were all calling her lazy.... In the middle is a friend that we met- Gabriella
This is Erin Marina- again... her middle name is not Marina but Maureen is also not easy to say in Spanish.

This 6 people are some of the most wonderful people I've ever met (as you can tell simply by their smiles!) I can't wait to tell you more about them, and about our adventures.

I wish I could show you more about the smells, the sounds, the people and the culture, but that will have to wait for a day when I have hours upon hours.

We are celebrating THREE of their birthdays this weekend, and will be climbing an active volcano! More updates to come.