Anna and Rex in Guatemala City

Anna and Rex left on Sunday with about 15 people from church to build a house in Guatemala City...

Please send to the family...we arrived last night safely.  We are
staying in a guest house.  We arrived after dark (7:30pm) so didn't
see much.
Today, we went to the ghetto.  The neighborhood looks like Slumdog
Millionaire.  Little alley-ways between shanty homes.  Flies
everywhere so you have to keep your mouth shut.  Children and dogs
running around.  Kids are only eating junk - loads of candy.  I guess
it is cheap.  We saw several men that sniff.  It helps ease hunger but
it also melts their brain.  They are dazed out with mucus coming from
their noses.
I have never seen anything like this - it's really mindblowing.  We
worked all day and went back to our house during rush hour - the
cars/vans/buses are Thick!  Traffic is congested and the smog attacks
your eyes.  There seems to be always something burning.  Not sure if
it is the trash heap or the traffic pollution.
We are building a one room house with cinderblocks.  They demo'd the
existing structure and right now there is only a piece of fabric that
seperates the home from it's neighbor.  The neighbor will hopefully
enjoy the new concrete wall too.
The work was EXAUSTING!  We stired by hand concrete mix, shoveled it
into wheel barrows and then poured footings.  Tomorrow we start
stacking the blocks.
The team is really fantastic and the Young life team is really warm,
kind and fun to be with!
Say a prayer for us!
Love Anna and Rex