SOLOLÁ — Tensions have eased here. The locals let off more steam Thursday by burning another car or three owned by relatives of the kidnappers.
Rumors continued to swirl, however. One rumor went like this: "The rural people are coming to town to attack the police station." Why? "A man died after being hit in the head by a tear-gas cannister," which the police had fired at crowds. Later, I heard it wasn't his head that was struck; it was his foot, and he's very much alive.
Said Mark Twain, "A lie can make it halfway around the world, while the truth is still putting on its shoes." (Putting shoes of truth on a sore foot, undoubtedly takes even longer.)
"Therefore, putting away lying each one speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. ... Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers," Ephesians 4:25, 29.
"Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. ... And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity ... it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell," James 3:5,6.
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Thank you for dating your entries.
Please forgive my ignorance. What is the time difference between where you are and home? Two hours?
Guatemalan time is currently two hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time. I've heard there are plans to move the time ahead an hour in April. Not sure it's been done here before. A friend said it would seem crazy to have to get up in the dark.
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