Sorry for the delay~ I think I fell asleep on the job! In actuality, we've been pretty busy! We had our first exam 2 weeks ago and I 'm pleased to report that we both advanced to the next level. We also received some bad news that our renters are leaving. However, there are several families very interested and Jim is being our handler and lining them up! God also blessed us by selling our car so that takes the pressure off a little. Please pray that the new renters will really enjoy our house and take care of it. One of our team members left a week ago for Peru. Please pray for him as he changes scenery for a while and for us as the group changes and for David being the only man left. We had a week of celebrating his completion of language school including a very impressive surprise fiesta during class that Friday with all our teachers (who made the guacamole and several speeches) and a trip to Domino's for supper. We had an interesting cultural experience on our trip home from the restaurant. This was the lateste we'd ever caught a bus home before and didn't realize how full the buses were. We've ridden them when they were already unbelievable full- theya re old school buses with 3 people to a seat and people standing in the aisle. One time I was sitting and leaning a little forward and actually had a woman sit on the back of my shoulder for about 10 minutes. She was not a small woman. Anyway- this time it exceeded all precedents- when the bus stopped to pick us up, there were people hanging on the outside of it-but no worries, they had room for us 6 gringos. They just opened up the back door of the bus and shoved us in. I had no worries about falling down even though I had no handhold, because we were packed in there so tight. I could only bounce into those next to me. The speed bumps were interesting.
We've been returning to the mission that we've been working with. Last week we did a silly skit of the wise man/foolish man which they enjoyed. Unfortunatley at least 2 of their normal helpers need a break for a while and we've been recruited to replace them for the rest of our time here. So this week we stretched ourselves, and told a story in Spanish, made them answer questions and got them to act it out. We sang “gracias Senor”, “Allelu, allelu, alleluia...Gloria Dios” and Padre Abraham. They are sweet kids who just hug on us, and hold our hands and they discovered that I'm ticklish this week and look out Cameron:)
Last week I also visited a Malnutrition Center to play with the kids there. That was good but also very hard. I will probably go back- pray for protection for my heart. Please pray for David as well, he had a rough week health-wise and is still getting things back to normal. We only have about 5 weeks left including this one, so time is getting on and as much as I LOVE Guatemala, we are getting a ready to head to Peru and get started in our job, meet our team and our new city of residence and just GO!! Pray for patience and continued excitement and a burdening love for the people there. Please send us an update on whats going on with you all ! We don't want to be out of sight and out of mind and want to continue to pray for you specifically. Shoot us a line at cameronanddave905@yahoo.com.
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