Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Shakin it up in Guatemala

interesting events from the past week::

- we had a small earth quake // tremor in the middle of Thanksgiving mass in a crowded room with about 100 people. it was one of the craziest sensations, i felt dizzy afterwards and confused until it dawned on me that it wasn´t just my chair that turned to noodles, it was everyones´ and well, it wasn´t the chairs that were moving, it was the ground! it was quite the rush.

- yesterday evening we had another slighter tremor, but i was sitting on the bed for that one. the door to our room started shaking in its frame and i was bouncing around on the bed, which is more vulnerable to shakiness anyways. this one was more scary, i asked matt to hold me and told him i didn´t want to die.

anyways, here´s a photo of the room we´re staying in, it is one of many rooms that make up SeƱora Rolanda´s lovely courtyard of a house.

5 comments:

James said...

I didn't even know about it until you mentioned it. I found several articles that said it was 5.9 and centered of the coast of El Salvador.

kate said...

earthquakes are scary. i am glad you are ok my love.

Mark and DJ said...

Our God is the God of ALL Praise God for his loving arms around you and Matthew keeping you safe. We love reading your blogs and seeing photos miss talking to you. Love to you both,
XO,XO Mom Orr

skattebo said...

Love to matt and molly! this is the first time i've managed to wiggle through the national chinese firewall to take a look at your blog (blogspot's blocked). fun to see a few pictures! think of you and pray for you often!
blessings
a skat

skattebo said...

oh gosh, and i'm glad you're ok too! i forgot to say that.
there was an earthquake in a town 3 hours from here recently too... but couldn't feel it here. funny thing, the earth.