Today was a little bit different for all of us. First of all, we needed to split the team so the guys could go and finish the foundation for the house at Bencalet. The girls were to head out to the Mother Teresa home to play with the kids. The team would meet up later to go to the hospital and to the state orphanage. The guys took off and the girls loaded the bus to head out. We stopped to buy some coloring books so we could color with the children. When we got to the Mother Teresa orphanage, they weren't really expecting us or at least it seemed that way. Finally a very sweet nun came to get us but instead of taking us to the children, she gave us a tour of the facility. And even though this was interesting, we wanted to play and love on the kids. That did NOT happen. We understood in that the kids were in school but we were still disappointed that we didn't see the younger ones. So Caity got us out to Breaking Chains to do some work. We prepared four flower beds, cleaned out another, and organized their storage room filled with donations. We even planted some seeds for flowers (hope they grow)! We then headed back to meet up with the guys. We were excited to see the foundation coming together after all the rock they had to break up. This foundation was being built so that three families with young kids could come to Honduras and build a house. What a great feeling our guys had when they finished, knowing they were making it possible for these families to build a house.
We had to postpone the hospital because we didn't realize we needed close toed shoes to go there and the state orphanage didn't call back so the day got a little more disappointing. We headed to the "Dump" village to look at a build site and to play with the kids. What a warm welcome!!! Kids we had met at the dump came and were so excited to see us again. More soccer, duck,duck goose, and tons of coloring went on in a dirty field. We met an elderly man who asked to pray with us. It was one of those prayers you felt even though we couldn't understand him. We were told later he called us angels and asked God to take care of us. This country is so accepting of us and really do appreciate us Gringos!
Back to Villa Gracia for devotions with Zee and dinner.(the homemade nacho chips and salsa were amazing). Then we sorted all the clothes so many of you donated to prepare for our store on Friday. Tomorrow is another build day so keep us in prayer as the days are getting hotter!!! We are thankful so far for no rain. God bless everyone of you reading this!!! We love you all!!!!
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