Hannah and I stayed with Brian Longfellow and Sarah Castelletto last night in Chicago. Thanks guys for letting us crash at your place! We got up at 4, returned the rental car, and caught the plane to Guate. At the airport we met up with Cat, my friend who is studying photojournalism and will be documenting our trip, and Peter.

Then we grabbed a shuttle to Antigua, joined the group of folks who have all gathered at A Place to Stay hotel in the last 24 hours.

Russell Rohloff (Peter and Hannah's Dad. He will be supervising the Engineers without Borders group that is here to do the water project near Socorro.)
The Engineers without Borders group here from UIUC
Pat and Olga, representatives from The Rotary Club
Three doctors from Illinois, including an obstetrician and a pediatrician

We zipped over to the market before closing time and trapsed all over buying up medicinal plants for the week (rue, chamomile, eucalyptus, etc) and supplies for the Mayan blessing ceremony we're taking part in tonight.

In a minute we're collecting ourselves at some great eating establishment that serves avocadobased food items so we can have our planning meeting. Then it's off to Santiago Sacatepequez for the ceremony.

I will try to update here as often as possible this week.