Photo Post!

Here are some photos of the last couple of weeks that I wasn’t able to include in the previous posts!  

First, we have our group picture from the retreat. We are standing with the sisters from the convent where we had the retreat.  Here is a run down of everyone in the photo-

Back Row (L-R): David (1^st year missionary from the Bay Area, CA), Raul (former missionary back to help us with orientation), Felicia (she is slightly blocked and in purple.  She was a missionary at the Finca when it first opened in Honduras 15 years ago and now serves on the board.), Sara (1^st year missionary from Nashville), Erin Marina (1^st year missionary from upstate New York), Kevin (1^st year missionary from Memphis), ME, Allison (1^st year missionary from Chicago suburbs)

Front Row (L-R): Ashley (1^st year missionary and nurse extraordinaire from New England), Erin Patricia (3^rd year missionary currently serving as a house mom in La Ceiba in our Phase II program), 3 sisters from the convent, Zulena (one of the founders of our project and seriously one of the most amazing women I have ever met!!), Ysmary (our amazing director at the Finca)

Not Pictured: Jacob (2^nd year missionary and the volunteer coordinator)

My amazing birthday presents from my parents and host parents!! 
(see birthday posts for details)

 Celebrating my birthday with my whole house!

A destroyed Buzz Lightyear Pinata for Erin, David and I 
from the awesome other missionaries!!

School children in the extravagant Independence day parade in Parque Central here in Antigua.  

 This is a picture from our awesome trip up to Pacaya, a volcano about 1 hour away from Antigua.  This is one of the other volcanoes that we could see on our way up.

A group photo with all of the climbers (minus our guide)!!  That is the peak behind us.

  We didn’t go all the way up to the top but stopped about ¾ of the way up at a plateau.

Close to the top there are a ton of hot saunas because of the molten lava beneath the surface. We got to get in a couple!

 Some of the saunas were so hot that we could roast marshmellows!  FYI, the marshmellows in Guatemala are colored- pink, blue, yellow.  It is quite ridiculous.

Well, I hope you enjoyed looking at some fun photos from the past little while!

Much love to all,

Erin Lucia