Guatemalan Update Tue Jan 20

We woke up to yet another amazing breakfast which has been such a treat all week. Thank you, Sandie and Lynelle! Nicole gave the devotion today and was spot on with her scripture. She used verses from Nehemiah and 1st Corinthians and compared our services of building to theirs. We are basically unskilled laborers of construction being guided by our Lord. She encouraged us not to stop serving when we leave on Thursday and to keep looking to serve being one toward Christ. After scripture we draw names to pray for a specific person from our group here and I do believe that extra focus helps us. We sent a crew of 4 men today back to the village to complete the fronts, windows, doors and locks on the houses we built. The rest of us went to get baby fixes at the orphanage and indeed we did! Such wonderful kids and nannies there and a very well run orphanage. A GOOD day indeed! Steve Osborne had a job at the orphanage. He had 2 giant trees that needed to be cut with chain saws plus cutting another one down. The guys had a great time! Saturday we had about 35 kids make trumpets and then marched around the "walls" of Jericho. Seven times around and then the kids destroyed the walls. We made so much noise the work crew down the street wondered what was going on. Monday was our last day of Bible School. We were pleasantly surprised by having 40 to 50 kids and moms that enjoyed coloring and making lion cootie catchers. These kids are happy with two crayons that are given to them. God is Good! We often overlook the everyday pleasures we have. Nicole's quote of the day " If you don't bring it, it won't be brought" Judy, Mary and Rita