Well another day and another beautiful sunrise. The day warmed to what seemed to be at least 25c and perhaps more.
We had our breakfast at 6:45am, no sleeping in here. After breakfast we went to the local school (Chamche) for morning devotionals. This was the first day of the school year. There was prayer and music with all the kids present. It was very awesome and very loud. :-) All the songs were Faith songs and these kids sing their hearts out to them. The hold absolutely nothing back and I took some video to prove it. After the service was finished the parents left then we left to go outside. We were asked to form a line on our knees, then one by one the kids started coming out. Every kid starting with preschool gave each one of us a hung and we hugged back and said Buenos Dias or Hola, most of the kids replied the same way. We did this with every child from every grade. It was a pretty cool experience. After we finished here we had to go to work.
We drove to a school in Purulha to work. Here we spent the rest of the morning digging with picks and shovels. It was very hot and hard work. We finished our work here and then came back to the house for lunch.
After lunch we went back to Chamahoj for day 2 of our Children's Ministry. Today Christina did the Bible lesson which spoke about walking a mile in someone elses shoes. She basically spoke about us coming here and walking in Guatemalan shoes for a short period of time. To demonstrate this she tried on Peter's shoes and my shoes. Peter and I both tried on her shoes and walked around as well. We then did a craft with the children where we handed out construction paper cutouts of a foot as well as crayons. The children were then instructed to draw or colour on the foot. We then gave them a blue stick and glitter to decorate the cutout. The kids loved this. After the craft we went outside to play with the kids again.
I seem to be a magnet to the little girls because I had them hanging on me again today. At one point I went over to where Karren (host) was sitting and had our water bottles. I drank some water then walked away from where she was sitting. I later found out that the women (Guatemalan) were giggling and talking about something. Karren asked them what they were giggling about and it turns out they were giggling about the hair on my legs. Guatemalan men don't have hair on their legs and arms for the most part. I also had a number of other occasions where the kids would rub my arms. It was to feel the hair I am told. When I am carrying these little girls around they hug me like I am their Father. It must be lonely for them to not have much of a relationship with their Fathers. I believe many of them truly Love us for being here.
We finished up and went back to the house for supper and our normal nightly debrief. No crying for me tonight,,,well not much anyway. :-) I didn't have the room crying as I did other nights.. lol
Although they keep us very busy here (probably in an effort to keep us from getting homesick) I am beginning to miss home.....
Sleep tight Beth and Lauren..I love you guys lots!
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