Tuesday in Guatemala...

Hola to all from Guatemala! We all had a busy and fun-filled day today, as they all have been. We started our morning with devotions by Randy Ellens, reminding us to trust God in all we do, and why is this so easy to do in Guatemala, yet so hard to do at home? We discussed many reasons...too busy, scared of what God may want us to do and our tendency to give up. We also discussed how important it is to walk beside our fellow Christian brothers and sisters, encouraging them in love, so we can really trust God and expect miracles. Mike and I spend the day at the orphanage today and were blessed with 40-something miracles! What a joy there were and what a blessing that orphanage is! I was amazed at how smoothly and efficiently everything was run. We all got our "baby fix" and were able to hold, snuggle and love so many little ones. One little boy was going to his forever home today! His dad was coming to pick him up today from Chicago. He was so excited, he got a fresh haircut,bathed, new clean clothes and he even got to pick out the best shoes! God is good and we pray that he will adapt well to his new home and parents. The other group went to do work at the seminary today as well as working on finishing up the last of the houses, just a few more things to do tomorrow and 15 families will have a new home! I spent a good amount of time on one of the sites, visiting with the family and helping too. Though they have so little, they are so full of joy, laughing, playing, eager to show us what they have and share whatever they could as well. They gave us some kind of fruit (we have yet to figure out what it was,) and said dulce (?sp--sweet), Tonya gave them all Tootsie pops in return, dulce! And finally, tonight we had a chance to participate in the food distribution. I learned that 150 people will have enough supplies to last a month, many supplies they may not even normally buy because it is too expensive. God is so good! I pray that he will deeply bless these families and that we can continue to shine HIS light through us in our last day...we pray that light will continue to shine for many more years to come, long after we're gone. Beth DeVries