Salcajá

We found out last week that our future home will be Salcajá a town of 20,000 about 13k from Guatemala’s second largest city, Xela, in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. “It is the home of the oldest church in all of Central America. The town is known for producting a large quantity of corte, the traditional Mayan dress for women. In Salcaja resides the oldest church in Central America. It was constructed in 1524, only 32 years after Columbus discovered the Americas and is known as "La Conquistadora" because of the period of time and the circumstances under which it was constructed.” Ok… so I just copied that from Wikipedia, but I thought it was interesting. The town is also known for caldo de frutas, a fruit and hibiscus liquor.

Today Mosiah and I are meeting with our host country agency counterpart at the training center and tomorrow we are off to Salcajá for a few days to find an apartment. I (kelly) will be working with a savings and loan cooperative that is looking to expand into new markets. They are thinking about moving into pharmacies, clinics or weaving… Mosiah will be working with youth development in schools around Salcajá and Cantel. Hopefully, we’ll be able to post some pictures of our new home when we get back.