Friday - 1st day in the village

Today we woke up to a wonderful sunrise and great breakfast. At devotions we were asked to think about 2 things: 1. What was our motivation for coming on this trip? 2. Why are we here? I still haven't figured either one of these out yet but hope to by the end of the week. We went to the village today to begin building and Bible school. It was amazing to me, someone who has never been out of the United States, how different life is in other parts of the world. What is considered a house here seems to me less than I would use for a shed. The people we were building for were very happy to see us and even eager in some cases to help with the building. We got 6 houses finished and three we even got cement done in. I got to work on the building team and really had fun. The people in our group are a great bunch to hang out with and work with. The Bible school team did 2 sessions. They had about 25 preschoolers in the first group and even more in the second group. They had a lot of fun with the kids and the kids seemed to have a great time also. While we were finishing up we got a downpour, after being told by people who have been here before that it never rains in Guatemala. While it was raining some of the teenagers went into the house of some of the Bible school kids and played a game with them. They think it was a variation of "Ring Around the Rosey." Kristy H