Ten days in Guatemala

I sat in a circle with eighteen men studying to be priests, a Spanish teacher, a tour guide, and Fr. Jim. We just spent the day traveling by bus and boat from the concrete jungle of Guatemala City to the literal jungle of Santiago Atitlán. Fr. Jim opened the Central American Martyrs Pilgrimage and Retreat by telling us that pilgrimages are about surprises and to be open to surprises from God and from ourselves. There were many surprises for me along the way.