My mom found these people through a friend and they were wonderful additions to our trip. They rented our room to us and fed us for about $15 a week! The mother, Libia, was a wonderful conversationalist and was very easy to understand! The father, Carlos, was very welcoming and always had time to answer our questions. They also had two girls living with them who were students, Shalom and Crisitina. They lived in Antigua during the day and were doing practicum work in teaching in one of the nearby towns. They were sweet girls who left us little notes of well wishes! (Left to Right below: Cristina, Shirley (another American guest), Libia, Mom, Shalom, and me)
Interstingly the family had three biological children and then adopted 9 children who were orphaned by Guatamala's 36 year civil war which killed 200,000 people and displaced more than 1 million people! This is a very touchy subject for most people and the wounds are still fresh. Carlos was our one Guatamalan who would talk about it, which was better than any textbook or newspaper.
The star of the household is their parrot, Bartolo. He was quite a character and would talk, mostly saying his own name!
Here is a picture of their house and mom in our bedroom!
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