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Tia Reina met us at the parroquia for our walk to San Miguel.
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When we got to the church, there were over 200 people inside waiting for us. Some of the children were eager to see us.
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Santa's uncle, Rigoberto, translated Laura's remarks into K'iche'. Rigoberto is also Richard's K'iche' instructor.
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Santa's grandparents, and her cousin, Matias (called Tix in K'iche'), who is blind but plays an uplifting sing-a-long.
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On our second day in Aguacatan, we had language instruction. Laura studied Castellano. Richard studied K'iche'. We took a microbus to Llano Coyote to visit the families of Antonio, Carlos and Oscar. They speak the Mayan language Awakateko.
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Here is a group picture at the house of Antonio, Carlos and Oscar. This is in Llano Coyote, an aldea of Aguacatán. From the left is Jacinta, Antonio's wife, a baby, Luis, Maria, Laura, two other children, Gaspar, Maria Isabela and Enrique.
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Here is a group photo from Andrea's house. She is the novia of Oscar. She is on the right in this image. Their son, Antonio, is in the middle, in the arms of Maria Isabela.
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Jacinta has help in the kitchen.
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Andrea is pleased to get a packet of photos from Oscar.
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Richard had fun showing Gaspar how to take a picture of himself.
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Here are the photos the family has by their front door. The photo in the bottom right corner is of Carlos, Laura, Oscar, Richard and Antonio. It was taken in our kitchen in New Philadelphia.
Talk about a room with a view!
