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I can understand your comment. I think maybe you might have missed some of what my husband said. He actually said it is not really dangerous, just that we have to be careful and aware of our surroundings, just like anywhere. You are correct, we have never really felt in danger in Guatemala and never have intended to promote that.

Thank you for a great question. When we drove down from Michigan in 2018 we had two dogs with us. They were not real young dogs and both have since passed. The dog we have know is from Guatemala but she speak English lol.

Love this question. The interesting thing is we were just talking about having a video where people send us questions. Then we would set down with our group of expat friends and try to answer them in a panel discussion format. By the way, we don’t live that far from Palabra en Accion. We did attend a few times as we lived for 2 years in San Marcos, San Marcos and attended Palabra en Accion there. My Spanish limits me sometimes so we attend a Calvary church in La Esperanza and they teach in both English and Spanish. We have a great group of expat friends here. Most are missionaries but we also have developed some great friendships with the neighbors in our condominium who are Guatemalan. Be on the look out for a video on this subject in the coming weeks because I love this idea.

Thank you so much. We really are trying to show people a little bit about our life here, not just something for tourists

@@LifeinGuatemalain huehuetenango Guatemala we got 1 more malls and beautiful

@@LopezLopez-nn9rh I still need to get to Huehue. We used to live in San Marcos and my husband has been there for a basketball game but that is it. We really want to visit and see the beauty you have there.

Muchas gracias y igualmente a ti. I would love to visit Cuba one day.

@@Findingmyfee4 knowing your way around helps the most. There is so much there.

@@jday3671 we have a Wells Fargo account. For $5 fee we can do an international transfer up to I think it’s $3000 a day or something like that obviously we don’t need to transfer that much or that often. Many people that live here also keep accounts with Charles Schwab. With a Charles Schwab account, you can take out money at the ATM up to a max at an ATM but each month they refund your ATM fees. Wire transfers obviously would be way too costly as you are finding out. I have heard of many people that do Western Union. I think that’s only five dollars but I don’t know what their limits are. I used to use Xoom and I could transfer money either to Guatemala account or just to my Husband or myself and we would pick it up at Guatemalan bank with our identification. It is part of the PayPal process. I ran into a couple of hurdles with it and found Wells Fargo to be easier. There are still people that use it though. I hope those answers will help you.

@@jday3671 also I wanted to let you know, I’m giving you a thank you for the question. We have plans to put together a question and answer video with ourselves and a panel of other Expats in the upcoming weeks.

@@LifeinGuatemala amazing looking forward to your guys next video 😊

@@bthornton2418 I will most definitely slow it down

@@ChikyPineda I am so glad you’re returning to Guatemala. It is a great place to retire.

@@LifeinGuatemala I see that , thank you so much blessings

We love it here. Thank you for sharing your country with us. We plan on showing so many more things and making more videos. Thank you for the encouragement.

You have a new subscriber now. Wow thank you 🙏 for loving Guatemala the way we do. I never knew Guatemala had a MAC Store. Guatemala never ceases to amaze me. I’ll retire in two-and-a-half years and will go back to my country. Hope to meet you someday it will be a pleasure. Blessings and enjoy your life in Guate.

Most definitely if you get back to Xela, come and see us. We would love to show you around "our" Guatemala. LOL

Thank you for this beautiful words about my country 😊 I enjoyed the video.

@@lflg100 We hope you will enjoy more as we enjoy more of your country

It is a great place for things like that. Very spacious and not too loud with good food and good coffee

New microphones coming today if all goes well.

We do too. Great food every time.

@@Findingmyfee4 that is amazing that you would mention that we are on our way there for lunch right now and we are planning to do a video

@@LifeinGuatemala That place is the best! On your videos you should share fav restaurants in Xela.

@@Findingmyfee4 we actually have started that we only have one restaurant on our list right now and then tonight after I edit this one we will have two

@@JorgeGuay5128 thank you.

@@KerryinGuatemala we have a student that goes every weekend to zone 1 for her University class in the city. She hasn’t had any issue so far but she doesn’t go out late either.

We have visited the City many times though and we do enjoy our time there. I think there are pluses and minuses to both. If we lived in the City we would not drive as often probably. But the climate in Xela keeps us here. We love our weather.

@@LifeinGuatemala I will never drive here in the city! Haha! My husband is from Guatemala City so he drives here. The climate is Xela is much better than here too!

@@KerryinGuatemala Driving in Guatemala is sooo fun (sarcasm intended). The City is worse than Xela but no matter what, it is an experience. Next time you are in Xela, let us know for sure.

@@wilsoncabrera697 The weather is fantastic and we love it. Let us know when you move here.

So when you retire, do you plan on returning to Guatemala? That is what it sounds like. We love your country. For us, renting works as we really wouldn't be any further ahead to purchase. Prices around the world are going crazy that is for sure. We live in a condo right on the periferico so we get a lot of the Xela Fair here. I was out at one of the parades this morning. I will be putting that video up maybe later today or tonight. Also working on a whole Independence Day celebration video.

@@ValenaRattray Interesting combination, I probably would like the ginger as I am not a fan. But white rum might spice it up.

@@mahoganyfontaine777 let us know if you like it

@@WomenBlazingTrails originally when we moved to Guatemala, the first two years we moved to the department of San Marcos in San Marcos. Then the pandemic hit. I really thought a need for a change and by moving to Xela, I have a lot more of the conveniences I was used to. This helped alleviate some of my sickness lol. We retired early and it’s my husband and myself and we have a small nonprofit to help students from Orphanage we used to visit. We helped them with their advanced education after high school.

​@@LifeinGuatemala oh wow! That's great.

I had to translate you remark, but thank you so much.

Thank you for checking out our channel. Will be posting more mall videos for the next two days. And then we’re looking at other highlights of the city to post.

I hope you are able to get all the medical care you need here. Guatemala is a beautiful country and we are both blessed to be here.

@@christinaburton497 Hello there and welcome to our channel. We hope you like it.

@@NeverTooLate-thrive soon my friend.

We love it too. That will definitely be in one of our future restaurant reviews. Doing those is going to be fun. What a great excuse to go out and eat.

@@cbcrcr Thank you. We plan on many more videos in the near future where we can share more of the beauty.

It was really amazing to see in person

It is by far the best