Sunday morning

We're here! It was a loooooooooooong day yesterday, but we're here safe and sound. It poured rain last night so we were unable to get online easily and it was difficult to use the cell phone, so I was unable to contact anyone to let them know I was here. That was hard for me! After arriving in Guatemala City about 12:30pm yesterday, we had a bus ride to the Clinic and it took 4 and a half hours!!! Traffic was horrible getting out of the city and then we went through several bouts of rain, one monsoon, and road construction. The Clinic here is beautiful, our accommodations are really nice, and dinner last night (made by local women) was quite yummy. I will be helping clean and sterilize instruments today. One of my suitcases didn't make it to Guatemala City - it was the one with all the donated medicines, etc., for the clinic, as well as my tennis shoes, my Teva sandals, my toiletry bag :-( , and my Bible!!! Hopefully it will show up. Rick, the trip leader, says he's never completely lost a bag. AND, I realized this morning, it was the bag I was going to fill with all my goodies from shopping in Antigua on Friday! Oh well...

I feel mighty blessed to be here. I appreciate your prayers.
sj