Wow, here it is Monday the 11th of August. We have been in Guatemala for one week today. It seems much longer. Today was hot and steamy again. Temperature has not been too bad, but because we have been having rain, thunder and lightning each night, it has been very humid.
Last night was the first night that they have had their evening worship time on the property. I was the preacher for the night! What a wonderful time it was. The worship group was great, and the music went on for over an hour. I preached about 25 minutes, but it had to be translated into Spanish, so it took twice that amount of time. But no one, except the very young, seemed to mind.
Today we were back at building and painting cabinets and shelves in the third duplex. It is very difficult work, not because of the work itself, but because of the lack of good tools and sufficient power. We were trying to cut plywood, and you had to push it very slowly so that it wouldn't stop the table saw. Here in Monjas, you can not get over 60 amps delivered to your home, so we are trying to run all kinds of power equipment on insufficient power.
Yesterday was one of our most fun times. We took all of the girls and their houseparents for ice cream, about 60 of them. The total cost was less than 70 dollars. It was a riot! I will include some pictures from this.
Today Brendan went with the girls to take part in a VBS they were putting on for one of the local churches. He was dressed up in clown makeup and had a great time. On Saturday he and Brittany went with Cindi to a youth meeting in a church a few miles away. They had a great time. Brendan said the music was great, but loud. I said if a US teenager thought the music was loud, it must have been really loud!
We have been eating with the children one meal per day. It is amazing how small amount of food that they receive. But, most of them didn't have three meals a day before they came here, so they are very content with the food.
Well, I will close for now and get this online tomorrow.
