It begins...

The day that's been in the works for months has finally arrived.

Team members amassed at the airport before dawn to begin the journey from the Northwest to Latin America. The first leg of the journey ended in Texas with a lay-over at the Dallas Fort-Worth airport. A long refreshing lunch and a short meeting for final preperational instructions, then back into the air.

Guatemala greeted the team members with air like a warm, humid hug. In the crowd outside the airport, amid the swarming cab drivers eager to offer a hand, emerged the familiar face of Eduardo. Eduardo is the chauffeur for the team; he has two vans that wisk the team out of the lights and bustle of Guatemala City into the dark hillsides beyond.

Twists and turns, up and down along a single one-way road for over half an hour before a sudden right turn brings the team into the enclosed town of Antigua. The cobblestone streets are lined with the walls of the buildings for the entire length of the block, turning the city into a colorful maze. The two vans weave seamlessly to the hotel and the team is, for now, home.