December 2008 Guatemala Trip Roundup

I still have three more days to write about in our Guatemala trip recap. Here's a taste of what's coming up: horseback riding above Lake Atitlan, the gorgeous drive to Antigua, staying at the legendary Casa Santo Domingo (!), and a coffee plantation tour with As Green As It Gets. Plus, Michael, still needs to do his guest post on the veterinary clinic in Solola.

For now, here's a summary of the posts I have already written:

• Arrival in Guatemala -- Saturday, December 6


• First Day of Volunteering -- Sunday, December 7 -- morning


• Orphanage Christmas Party -- Sunday, December 7


• Back to Sharon's -- Sunday, December 7


• Distributing Donations and Meeting the Cumpar Family -- Monday, December 8


• The Rest of Monday -- December 8


• More Distributing and Sorting...and a Sunset -- Tuesday, December 9


• San Jorge Christmas Party -- Wednesday, December 10


• Chichicastenango and Mayan Families Party -- Thursday, December 11


• Goodbye Panajachel, Hello Santiago Atitlan -- Friday, December 12


• Horseback Riding Above Lake Atitlan -- Saturday, December 13


• Santiago de Atitlan to Antigua -- Sunday, December 14


• Antigua and San Miguel Escobar -- Monday, December 15

External Media:

• Article in the Christian Science Monitor about our trip
• Helping Mayan Families blog -- this includes a post I wrote about seeing our sponsor kids
• Tricia's tribute video to Feed the Dream

December trip participants, I would love to link to your roundups on this page! Please send me your link, and I will post it here!