Closing Ceremonies

Hey!

We're sitting at the Guatemala airport waiting for our flight to Texas. We're grabbing WiFi from a Pizza Hut waiting for our pepperoni pizza at 10:30 in the morning.
Yesterday was a very exciting day for the team. We started off by cleaning our rooms and packing. Around 9:30 local time, we went outside onto the sun soaked lawn to give Katy Bolvito an affirmation. Afterwards we went inside and Bob ran us through the Chula ceremony. Chula in Spanish means cute but Bob has given new meaning to the word by giving a Chula Award to the person who put his or her foot in his or her mouth. The campaign was neck and neck between Katy Peterson and Tyler "The Pope" Britton. Katy won, allowing her to put her signature on a stuffed frog.

Afterwards we went to lunch with Bob and then returned and loaded our bags onto vans and traveled to the location of our final night in Guatemala, SETECA Seminary. The enitre time we were there we focused on team bonding and transitioning from missionary work back to our everyday life. We did affirmations for everybody which really helped give closure to this trip, and more importantly allowed everybody to hear how they have grown on this trip. This experience was very important to me because I came on this trip without having friendships with any of the other team members. The feedback I received was very special for me and I think everyone else had similar experiences.

All in all our experience here in Guatemala has been live changing in some way or another. We want to thank everyone who has supported us both financially and through prayer. This trip would not have been possible without you guys. God has truley blessed us through this experience. Thank you everyone!

Charlie and Megan