Hi Tim here
Two pictures, one of a hard worker and one of a couple of students at the William Cornelius Vocational Training Centre.
Boy, time flies when you are having fun. September is moving at a rapid rate. The elk are bugling in Grande Cache and things will be hot in the Crowsnest Pass anytime now. I am very aware of what I am not able to have of do at this time. Dying to self is what this is all about and it is not that much fun!

Things are moving along for both the coffee fund raiser and tree planting project called Trees for Global Renewal. I visited a company on Friday that grows trees. Some good leads and discussion on the formulation of a Forestry Program that would ensure work for the kids at the end of the education.

The weather here is wet in the afternoons and hot in the mornings. Hovers around 22 everyday. Not too hard to take.

We have decided that we will have to begin attending an English speaking church at least part time starting tomorrow. We held out as long as possible and are learning Spanish but when you are on the 10 year learning curve that makes for a long time talking baby words and having shallow conversations.... entonces (so), we will strike out at 7:45 to find the English Church.

We travelled into Mexico to renew our visas. Mexico was beautiful and we stayed in 2 different motel rooms for about 150 pesos or 15 dollars US. Nice rooms with TV's and very secure. We then passed back into Guatemala and paid a lot more for a room the third night. Then we travelled back from Huehuetenango and drove through some of the most beautiful country I have ever seen. We did not stop enough to take the magic pictures because we were guests in the vehicles of another couple. Oh but the corn must have been 20 feet tall with houses hidden except for the tin roofs. We will definitely be going back there. At one point the highway was at 3020 meters high with corn everywhere. In this area there was also a lot of pine so I was in my glory.

In Mexico we ordered a hamburger and pop. We also wanted fries. A half hour went by and we saw buns passing by us. Ten minutes later some ham arrived. Finally a kind of burger arrived. The bun had within it ham cheese and french fries. Yes french fries all squashed into the burger. And the drink was a local thing which I refused to drink and gave to one of the people we travelled with. Ha ha Sheila drank hers and paid the price after we were home. Threading needles so to speak!

Well as soon as we download the pictures I will post them.

Tim