posted by MrsLynn on Jun 20
Greetings from Chimaltenango! Woke up early this morning. You would think it would be more difficult but it is not. Breakfast was great. Was able to sit in on an awesome service this morning by Mike (from Casa). His word touched many of us. From there we all loaded up and headed to our work destinations. Ended up helping Mike (from Clubhouse Guatamala). They had a small festival for the local children today. That was such a fun experience. They have started a project called Serving Soles….which is where they bring shoes for the local children but instead of just handing the shoes out we sat each child down and washed their feet. It was awesome. I myself have a really wierd thing about feet…don’t like to touch them, look at them…but today was different. VERY DIFFERENT. We washed feet for children, teenagers, and older folks. They were so excited and so appreciative for this small task. I cannot express my feelings. After the “fiesta” we proceeded onto our work site. Today we were split up but somehow mom, me, dad and thomas stayed in the same group. We were grouped with Tony & Dawn Hacker and Kortni & Aaron. The house was so much easier to build today! Whoa-hoo. It rained but it did not seem to affect anyone…we just kept on working. Upon completion, we loaded into the van and headed back to the house. Everyone’s spirits are so high right now. Teddie decided to call a meeting this afternoon and it turned into a tear fest. It was such a touching speech and I don’t think there was a dry eye in the room. Awesome. We then had a great dinner..ham, mac n cheese, cornbread, beans and an fantastic dessert! 
We are all sitting around chatting…but I am thinking I am fixing to turn in. Myself and Thomas Jr. (who has become known in the house as Little T) have kitchen duty in the morning so we have to be up by 5, leaving to church at 6:15am. This has been an awesome experience thus far. Can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings. Elizabeth Silvas - Saturday, June 20, 2009
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