yo heart senahu

So they say every good Polochic missionary has a good story about entering the Polochic. I hope mine is good enough… So i was so excited about how much i loved senahu that i forgot to tell you. Anywho, SO the day i came, we were stuck in Coban because there were no buses leaving to the Chic because of a landslide in the road. We finally found one that said they were going to try, so we hopped on and i was glad i had my osprey backpack to pack instead of silly old suitcases…. We got about to where the pavement ends from coban and they stopped and told us they counldnt go farther, so, we got our bags and had to hike up and over the mountain to catch a bus on the other side. Thats when the backpack came in Handy. So then, a mountain later and 3 qeqchis carrying suitcases on their heads later, we got the other bus. Then we headed basically without problems up to senahu and when we got there, we met an american lady named lauren who is here doing a health study for the WHO and BYU, and she is documenting malnutrition. Apparently we are in the epicenter of malnutrition for central america. Guatemala is the most malnourished country, and senahu the the worst area of guate. So, here we are, malnourished and all. Dont be suprised if i come home with a pot belly…. But it is sad actually, i do see a lot of people here who only have totillas and chili to eat and i dont mean chilli with beans. I mean just hot sauce to put on the tortillas. Its sad. I dont know how easy it will be to adjust to the fattened lifestyle of the US gain. Man there are just so many heartbreaking stories here. But, i love the people. Oh, so lauren has been running with us every morning and wow i am getting whipped back into shape because well, everything is really big hills. And we hiked up a mountain to explore the area up there, took a lunch, and we were lunching on top, and all these qeqchis came out to watch us eat and then we were contacting them and they wanted us to take pictures of them pretending to read the LDM, because they can't read, but it was really funny. We are teaching lessons here in qeqchi and its really hard. I just have note cards with pictures to show them…it pretty much makes my head hurt, and i am not sure they understand us yet….but its fun. I feel like its my first change all over again. Trying to have the faith to learn another language…anyhoo its pretty fun. Well, life here is good, love you and miss you!! Thanks for all the mail!!!
Lix Hal