Dec 16th-Tuesday

Hello everyone! I have a lot to tell but it is late so i will keep it brief. We did make it to Antigua today. We had a very nice driver but i aged 40 years riding on the Guatamalan highways. God kept us safe, none the less. It was an interesting, very old colonial town at the base of a volcano. Lots of children trying to sell us everything under the sun but still sweet and cute. In the middle of this ancient city in the middle of nowhere we discovered a MacDonalds of course. Amazing!
We bought Kate her first ice cream. Ureka! She liked it! It doesn't matter where children come from....they are all the same. This took most of our day. Upon returning home we had to prepare to get to the USEmbassy to pick up Kate's visa and passport. We decided to walk and save the cab fare. I asked Randy to double check the location of the USE. It was supposidly 7-8 blocks away. Needless to say we had the classic scene of getting halfway there and Randy admitting that the roads didn't look familiar and that he hadn't really double checked the directions at all. So we stopped to ask the locals and tried to decipher the lingo. We finally made it after i had carried Kate about 8 blocks. 21 pounds doesn't seem like much until you carry it all over the city!
Anyway, all went well and Kate is free and clear to come home.
We had our final dinner at a close Mexican style resturant that we discovered. The food was great but i didn't recognize everything i ate. Came back to the hotel and have been packing ever since. By the way, Kate called me MaMa for the first time...
Please pray for a safe return home. Can't wait to be there.
Lisa