We left Virginia around 6am and landed in Guatemala going on around 36 hours with no sleep…we were too excited to sleep! We were met at the airport by a bunch of my (Jes) family members that I had not gotten to see in a long time. We spent the day driving from the city into Jicaro. One we got there, we headed to the mercado to order all of the food buckets for the people in the villages. Through the generosity of my Montessori school, we were able to raise enough money to feed about 45 families for a month! Through the sweetness of our home church Barcroft Bible Church, we were able to raise enough money for about another 55 families. We handed the money over to the mercado and like they’ve been doing for us for years, they made up about 100 food buckets.
Each bucket feeds a family for a month. We wanted to get that settled as soon as possible so that they would be delivered to us by the day we set aside to head up the mountain. Also at the mercado we organized and paid to have packets of cookies, chips, juice boxes, sanwhich bread, meat, and ketchup and mustard so that we could feed the villages a full lunch.
After running more errands, we headed back to the house in the village to start organizing everything for the goodie bags for our kids and to plan the rest of the week. There was so much to do in such a short week so we wanted to make sure we didn’t waste anytime!
Stay tuned for Day 2!
10 pounds of beans-5 pounds of spaghetti-5 pounds of sugar-4 pounds of rice-4 pounds of oatmeal-1 pound of salt-1 big bottle of oil