Feels strange to be in Guatemala in July and August without Olivia and Mateo, but they’re young adults now, busy working and living their lives. Even without them, I still want to go! Lucky for me, I’m surrounded by other Guatmamas and Guatmamas-adjacents as we travel through towns around Lake Atitlan with its breathtaking backdrop of volcanoes.
My husband Tim and I sponsor 3 nursing students in Chichicastenango through Guatemala Service Projects; I’m grateful to my friend Patti for visiting with them in Chichi and sending our best wishes when I wasn’t able to make the trip.
Never could I have imagined how profoundly adopting our kids from Guatemala would change my life. Guatemala is their homeland and also my heart. 
