Guatemala 2009

The US Department of State is the organization that issues passports. According to their travel website, it is still taking up to 10 weeks to issue a passport - which is currently the end of April.
Passports & Citizenship Documents FAQ

If you haven’t seen, there are pictures available in the photo gallery

We had originally intended to leave from Christ Church around 10 p.m. to give us 2 1/2 hours to check in.
Since it is a red-eye flight and airport traffic will be considerably lighter I didn’t feel the need to plan on being there the recommended 3 hours in advance. However, it appears that TACA Airlines [...]

The attached medical release form is mandatory for all minors (17 and under) for our trip.  If you are an adult with any medical condition of some kind (especially known medicine allergies) that would be helpful if you are incapacitated at any point in our trip and should need medical attention, please fill out those [...]

Dear Team Members,
As I work on the food ideas and menu planning for our trip, would you please let me know if you have any dietary restrictions or preferences?  Please include such things as allergies, diabetic or sugar sensitivities, gluten intolerances, etc.    I’m also interested to know if there are any foods that you simply [...]

From the TACA website regarding checked and carry-on baggage
We’re basically limited to checking 2 bags per person weighing no more than 50lbs each and measuring no more than 62 linear inches (length+height+width).
Anything else that is checked will cause fees of $100. (51lbs to 71 lbs is $25 extra)
Carry on bags up to 22lbs and 45 [...]

We are coming down to the end of preperation time - please review the following list to make sure that you have included everything that you will need.

 Bible (journals and pens will be provided in goody bags)
Work clothes (pants on the work site)
Street clothes (avoid revealing clothing)
Hats or bandannas for head covering
Work gloves
Waterproof jacket (in [...]

The newspapers are full of stories about how long it’s taking to get new passports.  If you haven’t applied for your passport already, you need to do it now.
Go! Now! - I’ll wait.
O.K. Now that everyone has applied for their passport, what will you do while you wait for the gears of government to churn [...]

The question has been asked whether we need to have a visa for our visit to Guatemala.  The short answer is - No, we are not staying long enough in country to require a visa.
 For a longer answer, you can read the State Departments website or this one at LanguageCourse.net
 Of course, this is the paper type [...]

If you need to contact a member of the organizing team, their contact information is here:

David Keithly - pastordave.christchurch@verizon.net
David Loomis - dloomis@ilstu.edu
Janie Rider - bulah@route24.net

If you have any questions about this blog, you can contact

Michael Lyons - lyonsden@lyons-family.net