Growing up in Guate

This morning Kayla and Elena woke up in the family room and quickly realized that a strange man was sleeping in their room. "Mommy, Daddy, who's the man in my bed?" Oh, that's Uncle George and Uncle Bob is in the guest room, they slept here last night. Without hesitating Kayla and Elena went running in to talk to the guests and became fast friends. George and Bob were in Guatemala speaking at a consultation for missionary trainers, and although Kyle had only met them days earlier, they needed a place to stay and a ride to the airport the next day, so they ended up in our home. We had breakfast with them in Antigua (a colonial city just 20 minutes from our house) and took them shopping before they had to catch their plane. As we dropped George and Bob off at the airport, Kayla asked, "Mommy, why they only stay for one night?" Which really means, "Why couldn't they stay longer?"

Hosting guests has become a part of our "normal" life here. It is so fun to meet people from all walks of life, chat with them over a meal, show them a little bit of this country. For our kids, I guess it's just part of growing up in Guatemala.