how I feel right about now

It's been a season of good eats

familiar signs in foreign cities

Carte Amarillo

As per usual I wrote this about a week ago.

semuc champey

This is where I hung out last weekend.

After I went cliff jumping...in a cave.........by candlelight.

the spanish teacher

glimpses

I really want to tell you what is going on here. I can't. To summarize and synthesize what God is doing in my heart, what this country is doing to my heart, what these people are doing to my heart would leave a false impression. What I'm learning I can't really put down on paper; I'll need to share it over a good coffee later. In the meantime I hope these glimpses into life here will be sufficient. Know that I am alive and well and loved and that I love you.


Birthday party!
I found a statue of St. Christoph in this Antigua church. Also, I like yellow.
Community centers around the world have a inferiority complex to this one.
Fabian, new favorite kid in the world. Just look at that face.
Lots of green stuff.

Mi Casa Turquesas

Hey look a letter. I haven't ever been really famous for my punctuality and in true fashion I actually wrote this a week ago.

P.S. - I am really happy here.

A New Thing

Today is packing day. The final errands have been run, the final items have been bought. All that remains is filling my empty backpack. There is an air of excitement in the house as everyone is madly rushing around finding all their long-lost items hiding under couch cushions and bathroom drawers. The weather seems to be matching this fervent energy with bright sun and a strong wind. It is time for another adventure.

Odly enough I feel pretty level. This seems to happen every time I pack for a new stage in life. Maybe the fact that I am just a little over a day away from being in Guatemala is just to surreal to make any emotional impact. I do know that I am stepping into a new thing. Life in the next two months will be different, not just because I am entering a new culture and language. I have had this slowly building sense of anticipation that something significant will happen in these next eight weeks. The phrase "life-changing" comes to mind, not in the colloquial sense, but very very literally. We'll just have to wait and see.

We're throwing all our bags into trucks by midnight tonight and then pulling an all-night road trip to Detroit where our 6am flight will be waiting for us. Once I find my feet in Guate I'll let you all know. Until then here is a couple of photos of other new things.

Fish n' Chips

I actually wrote this letter on Sunday, but the internet has been on the fritz. I'll update again soon.

Los Enfriadores

Dear Friend,
The internet has been on the fritz the last two weeks so its been hard to write you anything. I've realized that my blog has only really been about the 20% of my life. Here is an artist's (Heather, to be exact) rendition of the other 80%.

fotos.

Family Portrait

Dear Friend,
I can't believe that I haven't introduced you to my current family yet. Friend meet current family. Current family meet friend.

P.S. for Holly - You'll be happy to note that I still have not mastered the art of not looking awkward in a photo.

discoveries

To read the letter just click on the photo to make it bigger (and readable).

Smile Asparagus Smile

life.currently

To read the letter just click on the photo to make it bigger (and readable). Apologies for the slightly messier writing. Just think of it as added character and aesthetic.

fotos.

Lay of the Land

To read the letter just click on the photo to make it bigger (and readable).


You should write me back. The following address will work for the next two months:

Christoph Sanz
c/o Global Shore Opportunities
731 Lakeshore Rd. RR#2
Port Burwell, Ontario
Canada N0J 1T0

Ontarioooooo!

Hi friend,
I am currently sitting at the largest dining table I have ever seen. I am in Ontario in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by asparagus fields, massive wind turbines, and sandy cliffs leading down to the endless lake Erie. This first day has involved many an adventure already and there can only be more to come. I promise I'll write you a letter soon, but in the mean time here is a photo of me contemplating one of the most philosophic questions out there: "What is asparagus?"


(photo courtesy of Thomas Sanz - who is a cool guy, by the way)