Greetings from Guatemala! The day started out with Dellen leading devotions based on Colossians 4:2-5 and how important daily communication with our Heavenly Father is. It was another beautiful, sunny day out in the village. Some team members would debate that some of the houses did not even need concrete poured because of how rock-hard the soil was, which caused quite a challenge for us (Josh and Bird), so we were thankful that we came back this morning to find the rest of our holes dug at one house. Today the teams got a lot accomplished by wrapping up most of the houses and since the home owners pitched in by pouring their own concrete, we got a lot of the fronts added as well. However, the highlight of the day for everyone was the food distribution at the village we have been building houses in. It was especially fulfilling to give out food and clothing to the people we were building homes for and their neighbors. It was a humbling experience to see these people who have nothing, so appreciative of the love we showed them. Since it was predetermined which 150 families were able to go through the food lines and we had a limited amount of food, our hearts went out to those who we had to turn away. We also embarrassed Tom Marsman by singing happy birthday to him after the kids in the village asked when his birthday was and he responded by saying 'Yesterday.' No one had any idea that we had missed it. We almost thought we were back in Michigan today while driving to and from the village due to the potholes, but the chicken buses and the took-tooks reminded us that we were still here in the beautiful country of Guatemala. Oh, and so did the 80 degree weather. :) Lori Pylman, I (Josh) would like to say thank you for loaning me Ed for the week because of his tiger-like purring. His snores have lulled me to sleep every night. I'm glad we got to spend the week bunking together. On a serious note, we are requesting prayers for the commute to the airport in Guatemala City on Thursday as we have recently found out the teachers will be protesting their low wages and all major roadways will more than likely be blocked off for that day. Prayers also for safety and health are appreciated as well. We are looking forward to going to the orphanage tomorrow and I (Matt) can't wait to seeing Hannah. In Christ, Joshy DeHaan (Bird's game of the day was adding an 'e' to the end of every word; watch out for wipey juice, it wrecks your gum!), Matt VanDuyn, Shannon Bird and Jess Brink