Today is Guatemala’s independence day, and this year they’re celebrating 190 years of independence from Spain.
A tradition every year is for kids from every school to run with a torch from the town center back to their school. Everyone else lines the streets, cheers them on and throws water on them as they pass. It’s a ton of fun, and I’ve been able to run with the kids from Shalom a few times in the past. This year we’ve been pretty busy with preparations to buy land, so we weren’t able to go, but we did get to watch the kids run past where we live.