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Top photo: This is me with a family we built a house for last year, 2009. Armando is the young man in the middle, on my left, he and Julia and their baby, Natalie, live here. That's Armando's aunt at the far end, Julia and Natalie were at church when Keeci and I stopped here on Saturday. Denny and I got attached to this family last year, Armando has a gleam in his eye that is captivating. If we ever start our Guatemalan farm, Armando is our first hire. I would give him one of our milk goats, there are plenty of babies in his extended family that need the nourishment.
ReplyDeleteNext down: We went to lunch on Friday at a little sidwalk cafe with the folks from the Borlaug Institute. The woman in the foreground, Yanet Rodriquez, arranges seminars for small farmers. The woman at the far right, Carolina Oleas, is the director of the project. That's Keeci and me in the back corner.
Next down: This guy made a business of grinding corn for women in the village. They'd boil a pot of corn, in lye I'm told, then bring it here to be ground into a paste. That corn paste is patted out into small circles and baked into tortillas.
Next down: This little guy from the village liked me, there was something about us that seemed connected, although I couldn't quite put my finger on it. His buddy's teased us about it.
Next down: When the 12-passenger van went down on the last day, we improvised. How many clowns can you fit into a Guatemalan SUV?
Great pictures and great stories. Again thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteDoug