Another glorious day!!

Thursday is done and we are all exhausted, but that is a wonderfully blessed exhaustion. I think we are all totally blown away by how many times God has shown up.

I asked everyone at dinner what their favorite part of today was and here are their answers:
Jeff - playing soccer with the little kids
Christine - an amazing hug from one of the babies at the orphanage, the kind that digs deep into your heart
Chris - hugs from the ladies when we were done with our day of sewing - they didn´t want to turn loose
Kathy - playing with kids in the back of the pickup while the guys played soccer
Steve - ordered his drink by himself in Spanish and got the right thing the first time
James - standing back and looking at the day´s accomplishemnt, then playing soccer with the staff
Lee - soccer with the kids - he loves the fact that he now knows all their names
Doug - the feeling of knowing that the day was incredibly productive

And for me, we went to the open air farmer´s market this morning. Imagine my surprise when I heard my name called from one of the vendors. Kind of freaky to be in a foreign country and be called out. Ruth, one of our sewing ladies saw me and called. Amazing. We tried a new fruit called lyche(sp?). Yummy - almost the same flavor as a pomegranete.

So many crazy things happening. God had Christine buy recorders for the kids - Israel said that they had been planning to buy them to start a music class next month.

Chris has been teaching some of the ladies to cut hair. They are grateful and excited. All these things can potentially work into revenue for the orphanage, so we are blessed to be a part.

I have been accused of being spoiled, and have even been called the queen. I think not. Let´s see... The ladies bring fruit and coffee in the morning, cake in the afternoon, keep fans blowing right in my direction. At the hotel, they cook for us, clean our rooms, and do our laundry. Spoiled?? I think we all are. When you´ve got it, you´ve got it. Ha ha. But lest you all get the idea that we are on vacation here, just know that we are all working our buns off and sweating like pigs.

James and Lee can´t seem to get enough of playing soccer. They played for two hours this afternoon and they are playing again now with a group of Presbyterian kids from the States.

Oh, I nearly forgot. Holly had a treat brought to us this afternoon - iced coffee. Yummy. I think we will all probably gain weight before we return. I think we are all getting sad that our time here is nearly over.

Tomorrow night will be special. Israel and Holly celebrated their anniversary last Sunday, but because they were getting us settled, they really didn´t celebrate. So...they have invited us to dinner at their home tomorrow night. We are going, but with a twist. We are going to watch their 4 children so that they can go on a date. He know, she doesn´t. So it should prove to be an interesting evening.

We have lots of stories to tell when we return.

Until next time,

Cindy