| It is December 26, 2008. We are twenty four hours | | | | with a glass of wine perhaps. I expect I'll be doing a |
| away from our adventure to Guatemala. This blog will | | | | lot of my blogging from that space. |
| be focused on sharing our entire experience, the | | | | I am going to Guatemala to work as a corporate life |
| good the bad and perhaps even the ugly, though I | | | | coach, working with the individuals who make up |
| hope there isn't much of that to blog about. | | | | executive management teams and I will do this with |
| Over the past eight weeks we have moved from | | | | my Guatemalan associate. She and I met in coaches |
| our home (we leased it more quickly than expected), | | | | training nearly three years ago and she is a person of |
| stowed, stored, stashed, trashed or donated | | | | vision. When we figured out that it would be possible |
| everything we own and taken up residence on our | | | | to work together, I was on the bus right away.r me. |
| 1969 43 foot Nautiline house boat. That has been an | | | | This arrangement worked well through the fall, but |
| experience in and of itself. We've been comfortable, | | | | when December brought arctic air into Oklahoma, and |
| but the space is small, so organization is a must, at | | | | the wind gusts turned the wind chill below zero a |
| least for me. We board our flight to Guatemala City | | | | time or two, it was just plain miserable at times. We |
| at 6:00am, Saturday, December 27, 2008 and we | | | | slept with a heating pad, so we were toasty under |
| view it as an enormous opportunity in every way, | | | | the covers, but it was cold above even with two |
| spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally. The | | | | heaters. Some dear friends came to our rescue and |
| baseline qualifications I have for any decision I need | | | | invited us to stay with them. |
| to make is, "will this bring me more peace, more joy, | | | | This is one thing that the Guatemala Project has |
| more freedom and more love?" If the answer is yes, | | | | taught me already, how to receive the generosity of |
| I move forward full throttle. The Guatemala Project | | | | others gracefully. Since I made the decision to live |
| meets this criteria and more. I have absolutely no | | | | and work in Guatemala, I have been in the constant |
| idea what the coming months will bring, but that | | | | grace of others. As I let more and more of my |
| would be true regardless of where I live and work. | | | | egoistic pride go, more and more humility has flowed |
| My husband and I have rented a modest but | | | | into me. As I write, I feel so humbled by the |
| comfortable two bedroom apartment in Guatemala | | | | complete generosity of all my family and friends. We |
| City. It is in a safe zone and has a great view of the | | | | could have never made it through the last eight |
| volcanoes. There is a little balcony that I plan to | | | | weeks without them. This includes those who are |
| frequent in the morning with coffee and the evening | | | | here in Oklahoma and my friends in Guatemala. |