Sunday in Guatemala

Today was church at Vida Real. A special treat today because Hermann preached. He taught about God showing us His supernatural power...pretty good stuff.

Lunch was at Chili's. Bless Denise's heart - she convinced everyone that instead of going to the food court and having 10 people go to different places we should just go to Chili's. I didn't care that much about the food, but I was beginning to stress about having to collect all those receipts. (Don't think I've mentioned that I'm the accountant for this trip - I avoided it the last two trips, but Susan roped me in this time.)

Sunday afternoon is always reserved for House on the Rock. It's a children's home with hundreds of children who have been abused, abandoned, or dropped off because their parents can't care for them. We go over and just play with them. Today we just played with the "angelitos" or little angels. Their play area is covered and since it was pouring (we just can't escape the rain), we got to stay in there.




The kids are so starved for attention and love. It seemed to me that this trip more of them just wanted to be held and loved on. Angela jumped in my arms and just cuddled for a long time. They were just so cute.

The camera is always a big hit. They like seeing themselves and they like taking pictures. Of course, the focus or focal point is really not important.






James hit it off with Antony (on the left) and some other boy. I never could understand his name, but his friend just kept calling him bad. It was heartbreaking to see all his little front teeth just totally rotten.






James really had to cultivate Antony. He just ignored us for the longest and didn't respond to anyone calling his name, but James just kept loving on him.





When it was time to go, James didn't want to leave...he just wanted to stay and hang out with Antony.

Time to go back for tomorrow. We are headed to San Marcos, which is close to the Mexican border and relatively close to the Pacific Ocean. It's supposed to be really hot there. Fortunately, the next day will be in the mountain where we've heard there's been a lot of rain (of course) and cool. We spend the night out in the villages the next two nights so no updates until hopefully Wednesday.