Both of us, Michael and Heather, have now gotten our second vaccine dose against Covid-19. For us, this was a very happy day! (Note: the dates are in the Spanish order of day/month/year.)
News of the pandemic in Guatemala is very sad. The country is having its worst surge yet, and it is really a national tragedy. One of our friends here just told us that he talked to a worker in the town's cemetery who said they are burying 5-6 people a day instead of the usual 1-2, and that is not the only cemetery in this municipality. We also just read a post written by another missionary about a hospital in his city that is swamped with Covid cases and 48% of the patients they admit are dying. There could easily be 1000+ people dying a day in Guatemala from Covid, and that's in a country with only 18 million people. We are praying for the end of this pandemic!