{"id":17989,"date":"2023-10-20T18:57:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T22:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17989"},"modified":"2023-10-20T18:57:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T22:57:59","slug":"san-marcos-10-10-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17989","title":{"rendered":"San Marcos 10.10.23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>I pretty much spent all day on the campus here. I woke up and studied for a while. Then made&nbsp;mesome scrambled eggs and ate a couple of apples. Also made some coffee for the first time since I\u2019ve been here.&nbsp;&nbsp;That was really good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoyed chats with with Kathy, and Anthony, and the grand girls. Made&nbsp;me&nbsp;feel better. I was feeling pretty low today. I think that\u2019s one reason why I just stayed around the house. I didn\u2019t really have anywhere I wanted to go. I pretty much have done everything twice that I wanted to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I enjoyed watching YouTube videos and just taking it easy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was pretty hungry this evening. Decided to go by Buho and get some pad Thai. That was one of my first meals when I got here and it was absolutely delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On my way down there I saw my friend who I\u2019ve been talking to pretty much every day. He\u2019s been good about giving&nbsp;me&nbsp;information at what\u2019s been going on in the government with the roads. I told him that I had had, a lead about going into Guatemala city last night, but it fell through. He told&nbsp;mehe had a way to get&nbsp;me&nbsp;to the airport. I was intrigued to say the least. He told&nbsp;me&nbsp;I would have to be in Panajachel at 8 PM tomorrow night and they would drive during the evening midnight hours get into the airport around one or 2 o\u2019clock in the morning. He said his driver had done the same trip four times and had not had any problem. He assured&nbsp;me&nbsp;that it was safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll pay him about $60 for that trip to the airport. I\u2019ve already paid $45 with another group. I had set those tickets up before I even left the states. I figured it was worth it just to go ahead and get to the airport.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning, one of my jobs was to call&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/delta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delta.com<\/a>&nbsp;and explain to them the situation. I got my tickets changed to Saturday. There was no charge for that because they said it was a public safety issue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I get to the airport tomorrow night one of my first jobs will be to get back on that chat with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/delta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delta.com<\/a>&nbsp;and see if I can swap my tickets back to my original, which was for Thursday at 1:10 PM. If I can do that then I\u2019ll just stay at the airport for that 10 or 12 hours until the flight. That\u2019s better than trying to find a place and stay there and then come back to the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I can\u2019t get a flight out until Friday or Saturday, then I\u2019ll go to a hostel I\u2019ve researched and stay there for that couple of days. I think that I will be able to get on that flight tomorrow though I don\u2019t see it being completely sold out. Surely they\u2019ll at least one spot for&nbsp;me. But if I have to stay another day or so, at least I\u2019ll be close to the airport and know that I\u2019ll be able to get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After I talk to my friend Estefan, I went on and got pad Thai from Buho, which was delicious.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Came back home took a shower just enjoying some rest time again. It\u2019s been quite an adventure although I wasn\u2019t able to do everything I wanted to do.&nbsp;&nbsp;At least I was stuck in a beautiful place, as well as being inexpensive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I doubt the weather on the volcano was good.&nbsp;&nbsp;I could tell that the volcano was completely clouded over from my room. At least that\u2019s what I\u2019m gonna tell myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look forward to a good nights sleep to the final push towards the tomorrow night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I pretty much spent all day on the campus here. I woke up and studied for a while. Then made&nbsp;mesome scrambled eggs and ate a couple of apples. Also made some coffee for the first time since I\u2019ve been here.&nbsp;&nbsp;That was really good. Enjoyed chats with with Kathy, and Anthony, and the grand girls. 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