After a great night of sleep, Russ and his brother in law picked us up and we headed back towards Escuintla. Today’s agenda was to hopefully get close to ground zero. We stopped by Clinicas Vida and Doctor Kenny came along to help us try and get permission to enter the red zone. Once we got our merry band of gypsies together we headed to COMRED.
COMRED is the government agency in Guatemala that oversees all relief efforts in time of crisis. We did have a fruitful talk with them and they gave us their blessings. But, it’s really up to the police. Soooo, here we go down the trail of red tape. We arrived at the road that goes up towards the volcano Fuego and sure enough the road was blocked. The military and police are present and after telling them our desire to go up the mountain they just smiled and said no. Mostly because it was raining and the rain compounds the problem. What they did say was, be here at 7:00 in the morning and they would let us in with the rescue workers. It was getting late in the afternoon so we decided to go find ice cream. Which we did. Tomorrow is another day. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Kenny
