update on my life here in Central America

Last night (Sunday)..we had worship time, as we do every Sunday..anyways last night Juan Carlos and his band came and we basically had the best concert ever in our yard...drums, electric guitar, acoustic, african drums..spanish songs, english songs...we had it all!!! from left to right we have Horhe (George in English), alex on guitar, and jonathon who is an awesome drummer, but currently is jumping up and down dancing!!

Last night was the most amazing sunset ever!! here you can see the sun setting in the clouds, behind the volcanos...ahhhh...can you believe this is from my backyard..how beautiful...God paints our skies.

So we took the most amazing trip to an Orphanage up in St. Lucas.. this orphanage was amazing!!!! They have over 400 children.. the pictures on here are just ones of toddlers..like 2-4 years old. They were so sweet, although many of them had wet pants, as they'd peed them..ha. Anyways this orphanage may be where i go on fridays for my ministry site. I loved it..they have children there from 0-18..and they teach them everything, bringing them up in a good Christian environment, and educating them, as well teaching them a trade..of carpentry, mechanics, electronics, construction, or electricity..and they kids build all the facilities there themselves..its so hard to explain..but God has richly blessed this place and its so ha, indescribible. Kim and I had the chance on Sunday to go into Antigua for lunch..we found this cute Mediterannean cafe..and so we had lunch there together..these are just some shots of us.

Back to all my cuties at the orphange.. These kids just want to be loved! They come running and just want you to pick them up. They cuddle like you wouldnt believe...and dont want to let go, or cry when you leave. They are a blast. I even got slapped across the face pretty hard twice, ha..little mongrels.
This little boy below is my guy..lol i call him my ninja turtle..anyways when we first got to the orphanage..this random little boy escaped somehow and came running up to our van..and just looked at it..he saw all of us and looked at us all...and all the sudden ran at me with arms wide open.. i instantly just fell in love with him. and when we came into the toddler place later, he just came running right back..and held on for life..telling me all the things in spanish..i couldnt even understand..adorable.

I am having such an experience here. I can not explain how much God is speaking to me, and to others of the team. We are having so much fun, and are growing together for sure. This week is the beginning of many challenges, and I ask for prayers in that...we head into Guatemalan homes for a week, and then head south for a boot camp..very challenging, but so exciting. Anyways i will leave you with this..Adios Amigos..te amo.