Luke, Andrea, and Sarah 3 ft. from lava on Volcan Pacaya.

We have our first visitor! Andrea´s sister Sarah suprised us with a week long visit here in Guate. We´ve wasted no time seeing the sights, eating the food, and catching up. Here´s a photo of our hike up Volcan Pacaya on Friday evening. The air was freezing, but the lava was well...hot. Our shoes were begining to melt, but the view and experience was incredible. More photo´s and stories tommorrow, but for now, know she is fine and happy and on her way back from Tikal, the mayan temples 15 hours north of here.

Also, we´ve had our second visitor last Saturday! Andrea has a friend Lydia, which she´s know since elementary school. Lydia often works in Latin america and was able to swing by for a day visit in Antigua! So we had a lot of fun taking in the beautiful day with Lydia and her amigovio (which I need to look up the spelling of his name), speaking spanish, and catching up. We had a some interesting conversations, and I got to know Lydia a little more. Of course Andrea was glowing most of the day, really connecting with Lydia as they have uniquely similar backgrounds and interests. What a week...

Hasta la proxima, Luke