Just a short update for tonight because we probably won't have access to internet for the rest of the trip... Today we drove up to the ACAM midwifery clinic outside of Quetzaltenango... It was a beautiful facility and it was great to hear more about the midwives work in training the Quiche speaking midwives in the surrounding villages...
The highlight of the day (other than the gorgeous weather! Yes, this was the first day we saw the sun for more than a few minutes... haha) was participating in a Mayan ceremony... We hiked up to an ancient Mayan alter in the woods and a Mayan priest led us in a 2-3 hour ritual ceremony... It was an amazing experience to be in nature praying to "mother earth" and God with the midwives and priest... The Mayan priest took the time to bless and pray over each of us to be guided be our nawal (the unique spirit guide that leads each individual according to their birth-date in the Sacred Mayan calendar)... My nawal is Ajmaq... Despite my desperate attempts to try to figure out what it means, I'll have to fill everyone else in later... Haha! This Mayan spiritual thing is confusing... :-) It is kind of funny though, that one of the other gals in my dorm-style room is also Ajmaq and she seems to be the alter ego of my nawal... All the Ajmaq habits I don't have she does and vice-versa... Ha! We've determined it was destiny!
Well that's all for tonight... We're off to go Salsa dancing at the Centre Park in Quetzaltenango... Should be fun! Then tomorrow morning we're headed to Antigua for a day of touring the Mayan Ruins and shopping in the markets... Saturday morning I'll be on a plane back to the States by 11am and arriving stateside by 9pm that night assuming everything goes as planned!
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