Thank you Bill. We'll be above 5000 feet, so the mosquitos that carry Malaria, Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya aren't buzzing. Lots of nasties in the water however.
This is my 25th C.A. trip so will be so pretty well supplied medically, and rely on Ephesians 3:20 otherwise
Have had some near death experiences on the roads. Once out of Guatemala City, head-on wrecks or off the side of a mountain are the greatest danger. Several years ago the truck with all our supplies and bags broke down about 11:00 at night in the middle of nowhere on the main highway out of the city. I sent the team on and stayed with 2 ministry partners waiting for another truck, or for a vehicle filled with
drogas to kill us and steal everything. Pretty soon a police vehicle drove by, saw this tall skinny Anglo standing there, turned around and parked until our truck got there. They realize in Guatemala that Americans getting killed on the road doesn't help tourism any.
Interesting crime and gun control dynamic. When I was last in Honduras most men carried, legally,
including the missionary and his wife. The police had pretty much handed the
Colonias over the the
Mara Salvatruchas, as in El Salvador. Sadly, most mission agencies had to pull everyone out of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, Honduras about 10 years ago.
Hard to get a license in Guatemala, but most men in the countryside have a handgun. We're SE of the capital, in cowboy country; not on the Pan-Am Highway and no tourists. Some gang members came down from Guatemala City a few years ago, and petty crime went up. One Sunday morning all seven were laid out on the city square with a single shot in the forehead. End of trouble.
