Goodbyes Stink.....

So Friday morning we left the mission house and said goodbye to Linda and LynnAnn our gracious hosts for the week.  Our intent was to stop by the orphanage and maybe take the kids to the Mayan ruins in Huehue and then head back to the city.  Well.......here it is Saturday morning and we are still in Huehue. Today we will be headed back to Guatemala City.  Anyways, we went to the orphanage and found out the had a party planned for our children so we decided to stay at a local hotel last night.  It was really nice spending the extra day with the kids at the orphanage.  The bathroom for the volunteers is now painted and cleaned up and ready for some volunteers (which will actually be arriving sometime this weekend).

The party they threw for the kids was really neat.  They did a musical act, played musical chairs, had a couple of pinatas (the kids did one and Rob, Kara and I did the other) we had some cake and they gave all of us a gift.  After that it was time to say our goodbyes.......Your would think that goodbyes would get easier after you've had to do it again and again.  However, I (Amy) was holding myself together quite well until Natalie started to cry and when I asked her what was wrong she looked at me with tear filled eyes and said "I'm going to miss baby Edgar soooooo much."  By the time we left we were all in tears.  We never thought the kids would get so attached to the kids at the orphanage in such a short amount of time.  We were wrong.....they were affected the same way we were.  It is definitely never easy to say goodbye.  The people at Fundacion Salvacion are our family.  They embraced our children as if they had always come with us.  We are proud to say they are our family and Lord willing we will all return someday real soon.  

By the way, everyone is on the mend from their colds and what not.  Natalie woke up Friday morning just fine, other than she was really hungry and thirsty.  We are thankful it was just a 24 hour thing.  We are looking forward to getting to the city and catching up with some friends......We are not however looking forward to to 4-5 hour drive through the twisty mountain roads!