From Sinkhole to Sinkhole

Tomorrow, this reporter will join 16 other people (almost 1/3 of Ignite Church) on a missions trip to Guatemala. The second trip to that country and third overall missions trip and all in the span of one year!

Going are: Pastor Cory, Josh, Kelly, Justin, John (who is also our intern), Jeremy (who is called Frommer), Lori, Zack and Natalie, The Winich family (Greg and Deb with son Michael), Heather and Greg, Corey Sobah (a co-worker of Kelly's at the infamous Olive Garden) and myself (James, who is called Quigs).

As it happens, two weeks previous to the scheduled trip - mount Pacaya erupted, sending ash into Guatemala city and temporarily closing the airport. Later, tropical storm Agatha, blew over, resulting in mudslides and a large sinkhole in the country's capitol city. The sinkhole, much like the one in East Rochester (between a Pizza Hut and Get-Go gas station) swallowed a three story clothing factory and caused an evacuation of the immediate area.

The group from Ignite will spend most of their time in a small village on a mountainside not far from the country's border to Honduras.

This reporter will document events in great detail as they unfold.