Sheetrock

Our buildings are finally finished inside.

Sheetrock has only been used in
Chichicastenango for about 5 or 6
years, on interior walls added to divide
rooms.  This means our workers are new
to the task, still learning about installation
techniques from Youtube videos.

The finished product turned out pretty well
with only a couple of redo's.

Roofs

We've added more roofs to keep us out of the rain.

There is now a roof over the door in the fence.

This is the view from inside.

And here you can see a small additional roof
we added to keep us dry as we come and go
from our temporary kitchen.

Small town

You know you live in a small town when you're driving and there's nobody on the road, so you speed up and feel like you're really flying on the short drive into town... then you look at the speedometer and it says "29."   Ha ha ha ha ha.

Community leaders

When we got to the community meeting on the evening of the induction of the new leaders, we were surprised to find a very religious setting.  There were candles burning and an "altar" set up.  The meeting went on as usual, with no mention of religious topics.  This type of religious setting is very common here and is shared by both Catholicism and the Mayan religion.

The leaders sit up front at the long table.
The audience is generally divided into
men on the left and women on the right.

My (Heather/Erica's) mom, Karen, was visiting
us then, so we took her along to the meeting.
There is a community meeting once a month.