Guatemala Photo of the Day – Smiles All Around

While Hannah played Duck, Duck, Goose and Isaac played soccer with the boys, I carried on conversations with other kids in the central park.

These two kids stopped by to talk for a while as I sat on a bench soaking it all in. It’s difficult for me to remember the details of our conversation, but I remember it being fun and refreshing. After putting my limited Spanish aside for nearly a year since our last visit, these kids were just what I needed to re-engage my mind into the language.

We exchanged simple questions and responses. “Como esta?” (How are you?), “Cuantos anos tiene?” (How old are you?), “Que es tu numbre?” (What is your name?) “Donde esta tu casa?” (Where is your house?), and so on. I think these kids were partially smiling because they were happy, but I think they were also smiling because my Spanish was so funny. Regardless, I remember smiling right back at them.

There was something so refreshing about sitting in the middle of Xenacoj in the mountains of Guatemala on a mild summer Sunday evening. It makes me smile just thinking about it!