With the exception of the trip to Antigua on Monday which we already talked about, this has been a quiet week.  The temple has not been busy at all for the past couple of weeks except for one night when about 80 patrons showed up for a session at 6 pm.  Our rooms only hold 30 max.  I suppose you could squeeze in a couple more if they weren't very big.  We have benches instead of individual seats so it could vary.
We walk at 7 am every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday and this past Thursday turned out to be a bit of an adventure.  We rode two different buses to get to the southwest side of town as Brother Allred wanted to go to El Carmen as there was a nice cathedral there.  So we got off the bus and headed up the hill, and down the hill, and up the hill and down the hill.  There were some lovely views and nice brand new roads.  Apparently lots of rich folk have been buying and building up here.

View from on the hill looking out over Guatemala

Lovely roads and neat homes.

After an hour of trekking we came to a crossroad, well sort of, and Brother Allred asked if there was a bus or taxi that came this way as it was time to be home.  The gentleman said taxis rarely come this way and there were no buses on this street.  Oh dear!  Well the Lord looks after the dumb missionaries too and at that moment a taxi came by and took us home.  He went back up the street we had walked down and told us that El Carmen was down the road we would have turned on but a few miles more.  Needless to say we discovered you couldn't walk there from here.

Our next adventure was Saturday morning when President asked if we would like to go to the Historical Museum and we are always ready to go and see.  It is in the middle of the city and we discovered that the city used to be a lot of smaller pueblas (well they still exist as their own little communities in the city) which were built on ruins.  Excavation has turned up a lot of sites in the city some of which were discovered and some history saved as buildings were built.  The growth of the city has destroyed a lot of sites.

All the dots etc. show sites of ruins.

Grave of a wealthy ruling class person found as a hospital was being built.

Another burial urn and remains.

Ornate bowl

Jaguar statue

Presenting gifts to the ruler or maybe giving excuses why they shouldn't be beheaded!

Sacrificial Alter.  Makes a good bench don't you think although a bit wide.