Antigua

Last Wednesday morning, Ben and I left Xela early in the morning. Saying goodbye to Lily and her family was one of the most difficult things we have had to do. They have been our family while in Guatemala and we definitely did not want to leave them. They were incredible examples to us and will always be considered part of our family. After the tearful goodbye we headed on bus to Antigua. Antigua is a beautiful, old colonial town. It was warmer there than in Xela, had a ton of tourists and very pretty but we still prefer Xela over Antigua. 

The whole town was filled with the old colonial buildings. Alot of the buildings are not in tip top shape because of some earthquakes but you can still get a pretty good idea of how they looked.

This fountain was in the middle of one of the markets. Beautiful!!

Ben in front of one of the old churches there. 

This is the fountain in Central Park. I dare you to tell me that is not hilarious!

On Friday we headed to Guatemala City to spend the night because our flight left early on Saturday. We got back a bit early so we headed to the temple to do a session. It was a small temple but very beautiful. 

After the temple, Lily's dad picked us up and gave us a tour of the city. The city was a much nicer city and more modern than I expected. Our tour lasted for about two hours. Remind you that we had never met Lily's dad, he had no idea who we were but didn't think twice about picking us up and spending his night giving us a tour. After the tour, he took us to his home, where Lily's mom had made us dinner. I tell ya, these people take charity and kindness to a whole new level. Dinner was great and Lily's mom even made me arroz en leche because Lily had told her how much I loved it. mmmm. The picture above is the main church in the city, right in front of their central park. 

This is Lily's Dad, sister-in-law, brother, mom, us, sister and nephew.