Semana Santa and beyond
So Jason and I headed over to Guatemala for Holy Week to visit my cousin and his family. It was our first time visiting a neighboring country to Honduras (although we have been to pretty much every part of Honduras), so it was interesting noticing the differences between the two cultures. We spent the week just hanging out with Brian and Jenny, and their two daughters- Ellie (4) and Lena (9 weeks). They are in the process of adopting Lena, which is why they are in Guatemala now. They live in Antigua, which is a small, touristy town outside of Guatemala City, and it is a huge destination for Semana Santa. Tons of people from all over Central America go there as sort of a Catholic pilgrimage and participate in Processions of icons around the city. It was fun just to participate in the general atmosphere of the place and to see the processions and the carpets (alfombras) that they make out of sawdust. One day we went on a day trip and hiked an active volcano that is close by. We got within 10 meters of a river of lava! It was amazing. We got up to the top when it was getting dark, so everything was glowing! If you want to see pictures from the trip, click here (I'll put up pictures from the volcano soon).Recently, I've been playing a lot of guitar at church, which takes a lot of time, but I've had some great experiences. A couple of weeks ago, our church worship band opened up for a really well know Latin Christian singer in front of over 4000 people. We just put out a CD of original worship songs that our music pastor wrote, so we played songs from that. People really enjoyed it and we even got an encore as the opening band! Besides that, I've been playing at the church for regular services and I'm starting to play in another rock band with some teachers from another school. Right now we're working on getting some shows set up at different clubs around before summer comes.
Thursday I got another haircut- the first since my students shaved my head last fall. I decided to go with something distinctively Latin, so I got a faux-hawk/mullet type haircut. I think it turned out fairly well. Check out the pics:
The major thing that is on my mind right now, though, is the decsion about next year. I have several options that I'm thinking through and several doors that have been closed recently. I might move back to the States and do some sort of construction while I continue to figure out what direction to head in life (maybe Wheaton, Wichita or Tulsa). Or I might stay here and teach another year. People would really like for me to stay here, but I have kind of decided that teaching isn't what I want to do with the rest of my life... so I'm not sure whether it would be the best career move. But it is a great ministry (that i get paid to do) and I could continue to learn Spanish and enjoy living in another country. So I would really appreciate all of your prayers while I try to decide where God would have me next.
God's peace to all of you.
posted by Whitey @ 11:49 AM
3 Comments:
i enjoy reading what you have to say.
i was in antigua for holy week once, and i hiked the volcano - mt. pacaya? i think that's what it was called. sounds like you're doing well - i understand the tough decisionmaking, good luck!
Hi, you don't know me so I will keep this short. You sound interesting and I wonder if you were influenced by Rich Mullins, especially with your Wichita reference. I have been trying to contact an old friend of mine who would be much older than you, around 50. His name is Brian Goetsch so I responded to this blog about someone with the same name.
Thanks,
cindy at liebergs dot com
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