We made it to Huehue yesterday about 1:00 pm (Michigan) time. The mountainous drive went quite well....probably the smoothest one we've experienced yet! Many thanks to Mario our driver :)
We spent the afternoon reconnecting with our many little friends at Fundacion Salvacion. Needless to say it was the highlight of our day. We were happy to learn that they are all doing well too! And boy have they grown since January! We do however miss our kids a lot....we are so wishing they were here with us. All the kids at the orphanage kept asking..."donde esta tu hijos"....where are your kids. So I think Rob and I have both decided that our next trip here will include our children once again!
Today (Wednesday) was spent helping at the orphange. Willow experienced having to wash clothes by hand this morning....something I am sure she will not do back home! I spent the afternoon helping with the little girls and boys. They are all about 3-6 years old. I helped the young workers (merely teenagers) redress the kids out of their school clothes, redo their hair and lotion them up.....I must say it was a lot of fun!
This evening we threw them a pizza party and Mike showed them a slideshow compiled with pictures from previous year's trips to Guatemala. They loved seeing pictures of themselves from many years ago and there were some great laughs! After that I taught them how to play "What time is it Mr. Fox?"....they really love it and it was great hearing their screams and giggles! Finally, I helped brush all their teeth and we all tucked them into bed!
Tomorrow we plan to do some touch up painting that Sandra asked us to do. We will be again providing them with dinner, followed by some bible lessons and a movie.
We are looking forward to the remainder of the week here. Thursday is independence day in Guatemala and we found out today that all the kids have school off on Thursday and Friday!
I ask that you please pray for me (Amy). I have had a sore throat with no other symptoms for the past three weeks or so and it is REALLY starting to bother me...to the point where I get tears in my eyes when I try and swallow. Also pray that the rest of the week goes smoothly, we all remain healthy and our trip back to the city on Saturday goes smoothly!
Thanks again for everything! I have attached some pictures for your viewing pleasure :)
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