January 2, 2015 Today is our last official day with Nueva Generacion. Elaine left yesterday and Cindy and Ann are leaving today. The rest of us are staying at least until tomorrow if not longer (like me). Breakfast finished we got ready to board the vans. The North Carolina group had brought several large duffles filled with toys and supplies for the children and those of us that had not already delivered are offerings put them out to go on the bus. I brought...

January 1, 2015 Happy New Year! Everyone was up and ready to go, even those who stayed out and watched the fireworks and celebrated New Year's Eve Guatemala style. We boarded the vans after breakfast and headed to San Antonio Aguas Calientes. Today was to be one of activities in the park with the children and lots of work for the builders. As usual, we met the children in the town square and then walked to the park. We started the day with the usual parachut...

December 31, 2014 After breakfast, we set out to pick up the children in San Antonio. The plan for today was to be first a visit to a macadamia nut farm and then a visit to Antigua with a little walking tour. When we got to San Antonio, we met our groups in the town square. The expanded chicken bus that was supposed to be there was not. A yellow school bus arrived almost an hour late. The group played some parachute games on the square. Some of the locals walke...

December 30, 2014 As I finished the Aurora Hotel breakfast buffet, Joel S, Cindy's husband, camp director, and cardiologist, approached me and asked if I had any Imodium and would I like to make a housecall to the rabbi who was not doing well. I replied affirmatively to both questions, finished eating, and went back to my room to get some Imodium. We knocked at her door, and she answered, looking not well at all. She came outside, dressed and wearing her slipp...

December 29, 2014 Up early on Monday morning, our first work day. We boarded the vans at 8 AM and drove to San Antonio Aguas Calientes. San Antonio Aguas Calientes is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. About a 15 minute ride from Antigua, San Antonio is nestled in a valley, away from the main roads, and is a safe, very picturesque town. This town is known for its weavers. Mayan women in the area use a backstrap loom to weave traditio...