T- 2 Weeks

The time is fast approaching for us to travel to Guatemala on March 3. We are busy with completing our needed paper work such as, retirement options, legal paperwork and last but not least our veterinarian certifications. We found a pre-vet student to foster our Australian shepherd (who is a good will ambassador for young and old) until we can bring her with us when we are finished in Antigua.

With much assistance from our friend Mary Johnston, we now have a small apartment in Antigua while we study Spanish. We know it will take approximately 6 months to grasp enough background so we can communicate without sounding like we fell off the back of the turnip truck. Fortunately we will be attending surgical trips at Clinica Ezell and medical trips with the teams to break up the studies.


We are spending lots of time with our family, talking on the phone with our daughter who is in graduate school in New York, eating meals with our son and his fiance who live nearby, and visiting Neva's parents. Tomorrow we will travel to Kansas to celebrate her mother's 80th birthday. Anticipating lots of candles with the fire department standing by to extinguish the flames!

We are definitely getting excited to become a part of the family of HTI workers and being with the people of the country of Guatemala who we love so much.

We pray all is well with you,
Glenn & Neva Berkey