TEAMWorks Guatemala - Day 1 - April 25, 2014

Apr 26, 2014
Guatemala

We received great blessings today with all of our luggage fees getting waived at the airport, including a 103 pound tote that held Mike's tools. Thank you Delta Airlines! We made it to our first flight with time to spare, however the second flight we barely made it before they closed the gates! Thankfully, we arrived with all our luggage and equipment although, Charity tried to take another Guatemalan man's walker that was gait checked as well...whoops! Upon arrival in Guatemala City we were greeted by old friends Leo, Diana and our driver Juan who rented us a huge bus for all our equipment!

Diana's mother made lunch with a homemade Guatemalan dish Pepian and homemade tortillas as well! We are so thankful for friends around the world. We spent the afternoon organizing 19,000 copies of paperwork for our lecture tomorrow and for the week here in Guatemala. It was a long afternoon but filled with laughter in Diana's mothers beautiful home and time spent catching up with friends. We found out at the end of the day that our lecture of 200 attendees will most likely be closer to 500 attendees and that our labs of 25 people will probably be closer to 75 people tomorrow. Diana's dad summed up that news perfectly- "complete success!"