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We visit our friends Marta and her brother Henry in our sister community in San Juan Comalapa.
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Looking down over the road to Comalapa from the ridge above Cojul Juyu. Women walk this road with baskets of corn on their heads for grinding into cornmeal.
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The children love to have their pictures taken. If you travel with a Polaroid camera just for handing out pictures, you will be an instant celebrity with the kids.
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Juana with her children and grandchildren in front of her house. She has made us welcome on visits for quite a few years, and we have been able to help her and her family.
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Working at the loom, making some of the beautiful Mayan material. We are trying to find markets for the cloth made by the weaving cooperative in Comalapa.
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Some of the children of San Juan Comalapa.
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A gathering by the village square in Comalapa.
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Hillary Blunt with some new found friends in Comalapa.
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We attend a lecture at the Cojul Juyu school. We bring supplies to this school as part of our luggage. We bought a photocopier for this school.
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Learning to make tortillas on the wood cook stove in Juana's kitchen.
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No explanaition needed!
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Some of the friends we stay with in Guatemala.
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In the town square in San Juan Comalapa.
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The villagers need money to build this church to replace the earlier one which is badly damaged by earthquakes.
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"Know we can show the children why they should not drink the water," says school master Don Gabino, as Steve from h.o.m.e. looks through the microscope we gave to the school.
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Eduardo, the silversmith, in the typical cowboy hat worn by many men in Guatemala.
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Cupertino, the medic in the local clinic. Another project in need of our support.
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Another of member of our sister community in Guatemala.
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Shy?
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The Maya women in Guatemala wear the traditional costumes. This family was a part of our community in Maine for several years before returning to Guatemala.
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Children playing in the ruins in Antigua. The old city was devestated in years past by earthquakes.
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One of the volcanos of Guatemala, venting steam. It spewed dust over a small area a few weeks later.
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We tour the ancient Maya ruins at Ximexe. ("chim-chay")
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Maya temple ruins at Ximexe.
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Our group with our friend Eduardo on the road up to the chapel of Our lady of Guadelupe.
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The local church of San Juan Comalapa. It was destroyed by earthquake and newer church built beside it.
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We tour the ruins of the cathedral in Antigua.
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History of the cathedral in Antigua.
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Ruins of a the cathedral in Antigua.
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Our Lady of Guadelupe.
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A festival honoring our visit.
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Juana with her children and grandchildren. She has made us welcome on many trips to her village.
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