This past week has been a lot of fun. Ross, our "tecnico" from Antigua has come to find out a little more of the GVICA in Lake Atitlan and we have had a busy week. We started off with a visit to the headquarters of the Grameen Bank here in Latin America based in Panajachel. Following a meeting with Borhan (Bank Manager) Ross and I went to a Grameen center in Santa Catarina Palopo which has 35 women borrowers. It was the first Grameen center set up here in Guatemala. On Tuesday Ross and I made a trip to the market to pick up the products for the food/fruit program in the community. We then made an excursion across the lake to San Lucas Toliman on Wednesday where we met up with Guillermo, the President of the co-op of farmers where Allegro sources their coffee. Guillermo gave us a tour of their coffee processing facilities and spoke about the different projects the co-op is working on. Ross has enjoyed seeing the project and will be working with us in the coming year to handle the bookings for the next phase of the WFM Volunteer Program.The school year is going well. We are into the second semester of the year and plans are being discussed for the upcoming Mother's Day celebraions next month. Mother's Day in Guatemala is a huge celebration and schools all around the country will be holding special events and activities. We are planning to hire a folkloric group to come to the community and perform. Their performance will include traditional marimba music, folkloric dances and ancient Maya myths that will be presented in the children's native language of Kakchiquel. It will be a community event and the mothers will be at the heart of the celebrations. They will be competing in carnival-like games and raffles and we also will be preparing a special meal for this day.