Back home

Back home again! Wow that was a fast trip and we are back home again. This is the first year in many that we are actually back to take in a little winter... I think that we will have to do some skiing!!
here are some photos from our last the last couple weeks in Guatemala - salsa in San Juan, retreat weekend to the lake and Tina and my quick visit to see the group out in Rio Hondo. - enjoy: http://picasaweb.google.ca/colintina/08dLastDaysWithOuttatown

Feliz Dia Del Cariño

wrote this a couple days ago...

Hi all!
Our contract with CMU ended a little over a week ago and so the pace of things slowed back though have continued to work a little to put the finishing touches on the program.
Every year that we do come to Guatemala and work with CMU i am continually amazed at the amazing people that we get to know and call friends! What a privilege to collect friends from across Canada and in Guatemala! The team is currently working out in Rio Hondo working on their Habitat for Humanity project - we are building 4 houses in the community this year. Tina and I went out there this last saturday and had some time to hang with the group and to make a final hand off of info... While we were there we visited the waterfalls of the 'Rio Hondo' - an incredibly beautiful spot!! Unfortunately for me, i lost my footing and went in the drink so did my gear and my camera but amazingly after 3 days of drying it works again!.

Now that we are back in Antigua we are actually able to take it easy. We have had great times visiting our friends from here. We played a marathon set of settlers of catan with Uve and Lyn in the house that they just finished building - what a view! Tina and I had the familia Gomez-Baeza over for pizza last night. It was great to finally be able to host them - they have hosted us for so many years! We were able to borrow a car and visit Chici Barbella at the boys home - which in the last year has become a boys and girls home - God is doing great things there.

Tomorrow, is the 'dia del carino' and we are set - especially as this is some vacation time! I think this one has to go down in the books - a simple surprise for Tina in the morning; a massage for 2 in the afternoon; reservations at the Santo Domingo for dinner. Good times!