Circus

The Montgomery girls recently visited the circus when it came to town.  There were only a few adults and kid acrobats that entertained us, and no animals, but we enjoyed the diversion. 

Funny (but normal) sight

On our way home from church, we saw this cow outside a school.

In fact, we often see people herding goats or cows on roads near town.  We also see ladies carrying chickens or turkeys, walking toward town.  I once laughed, telling our daughters that farmers in the States don't do that with their animals.  They answered, "They don't?"

Recording K'iche'

Our K'iche' teacher, Carolina, has been helping us record some dialogs that we have been studying, so we can keep practicing our lessons while we are traveling this summer.

Looking at land with José

We mentioned to José, the guard of the local school where we are temporarily parking our car, that we are looking for land to purchase.  It turns out that his brother has a piece of property for sale!  So we went with José to look at it.

Adobe houses surrounded by corn fields
are normal for this area.

Unfortunately, due to the division of land among the Mayan heirs through the years, sometimes including 10 children, the available plots of land are often long, skinny strips.  Michael measured this plot by walking its width and length, and we estimated that it is 15 meters by 120 meters, part of which is separated by a road, and part of which is on a steep hill.  We'll keep looking.