Our New Branch Assignment

Today, we attended church in Taxisco. It is a smaller community which is 2 hours from here on an early Sunday morning and almost 3 hours on the way back. It is at a much lower elevation, and therefore, gets considerably warmer than we get in Guatemala City.

Here is the front side of the building. As you can see, it is pretty small. Also, you have to go outside, around the corner by where Mary is standing, to use the restroom.

Here is a view inside the chapel. Interestingly, to access the baptismal font, you have to move the lectern and pull the middle section of the podium away from the wall.

There is much about this building that reminds me of Chile. An outside basketball/soccer court becomes the parking lot during church meetings. This was the case in the last community where we served in Chile.

Finally, I wanted to mention the scooter-based taxis, called "toot-toots", of which we saw many in this community and in those we passed through on the way there. Two or three people sit in the back to be carried to their destination. We don't see these in Guatemala City as the traffic here would make them a challenge.