As I waited at the airport like a kid waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve, I thought to myself, “I wonder if she makes it through customs ok?” She can’t speak any Spanish, and I don’t know the customs process well because it was over a year ago when I arrived. “Oh well! She should be fine. My sister made it through with no problems. She will too!” I continued to wait, and wait……and wait. Finally, she walked out! My face lit up like a Christmas tree, and all I could do was wave.



I ushered her to the side where she could leave the terminal and we greeted with a great big hug! “Bienvenida a Guatemala!” Finally, my godmom was here! After waiting for an extra month, she arrives! We talk for a few and then I call a cab to get us out of there. As we are riding through the capital, she says, “Are we in NYC?” I laugh because I thought the same thing. The capital really resembles the Big Apple; but trust me, it is still no comparison. Nothing beats the lights and sounds of the Big City!

After about 3 hours later, we arrived in my site. She looked around my house and said, “Wow! You have a nice place; better than I thought you would have.” She saw my ducks, Tom & Jerry that I talk about so much, and then chills in the hammock. For the follow few days, we hung out in my site. She came with me to work, with walked around town, and visited my favorite ice cream place in town.



For her last few days, we were planning on going to Antigua and hanging out, but we were hit with unexpected trouble. Due to so much rain and storms, all the volunteers were put on STANDFAST, where no volunteer can leave their site. There were a lot of mudslides on the roads, so we had to stay. I was a little upset, but she was fine with hanging out at my house. Of course, I cooked the entire time, and we had a blast just hanging out. Unfortunately, the day she was leaving, I was still on STANDFAST, therefore, I could not take her to the airport. Fortunately, my host dad, said he would take her for Q300 (≈$40).



Even though, I had to send her back with no one who speaks English, she was able to navigate her way safely back to The States. Can’t wait for her next visit!