Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Mennonite Guest House, day one Guatemala City





Guatemala House of Congress


Chris, me, Dan and Elspeth


All of us in the program in a meeting room in Guatemala House of Congress, mural depicts history of Guatemalan Stuggle

Colonial take over of Mayan Civilization

Dictatorship of early 1900s


Every room in the house of congress had a different type of beautiful colored tiles on the floor:)

Revolution of 1960's

Liberation of Guatemala from Spain

Central Square Guatemala City, Presidential Palace 

Presidential Palace

Original Catholic Church from Colonial take over


Pillars in front of church have names of 200,000 lost in armed conflict



View from Mennonite Guest house


"this isn't for the gangs its for art"



Mennonite Guest House

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