July 8th

Today is the 8th. I’m writing earlier in the day because we have a slight break before dinner. Everyone is still well. We’re all being very careful not to use the water here, even for brushing our teeth. We’ve been successful so far! 

This morning our team visited another batay. The students presented their skits and testimonies again. This batay is more affluent than the first we went to. The residents have a formal, brick school and clinic. Many people came! Pastor Pedro (the pastor who runs this church, school, future orphanage, and sponsors this mission) came with us today. He has a church at all the batays we have visited. He helped us translate along with two others. Our kids passed out candy and small toys to their kids! It was great! Hannah was mobbed!!  Many kids crowded around her clamoring for toys. The bags soon dropped to the ground and the kids scrambled to get as many as possible.

Upon returning to ‘home’, we had lunch and rested for about 30 minutes. We then got to work on the orphanage again, more hauling blocks and mixing concrete. We only worked on the orphanage for an hour and fifteen minutes because of the heat and intense sun. Tomorrow we’ll work in the morning and we can put in more hours.

Last night we listened to their worship band and sang along with them. We are looking forward to hearing more tonight!

Buenos Dias!