K'iche' class

We are continuing to study K'iche' with a sweet girl named Ruby, who was born and raised in Chichicastenango.  We also have two other students in our class, Ana and Haydee, who are also from Chichicastenango.  Their mom speaks K'iche', but their dad grew up in another city in Guatemala, so the girls were raised speaking only Spanish.

Girls from left to right:
Ana, Ruby, Haydee

The three girls (age mid-twenties) already speak English fairly well, and I (Heather) am tutoring them.  Actually, Haydee has been studying with our family for about six years now, first with Carolyn, then with Elena, and now continuing with me.  The three girls are often hired as translators for teams of American doctors that come to Chichicastenango to spend a few days seeing patients at a local ministry.  However, many of the patients only speak K'iche', so Ana and Haydee realized they also need to be able to speak K'iche', and we invited them to study with us.

Visiting

We just finished six weeks of wonderful visiting with my (Heather's) mom and our two oldest daughters.  First, Elena and Grandma came for three weeks, and then Carolyn came for three weeks.