Things Are Gettin' Better, Gettin' Better All the Time

Tonight we agreed that things seem to be getting better. We are becoming more comfortable with the kids and the Ark. We woke up this morning and had the same breakfast as yesterday with bananas as the fruit. Then we headed off to the orphanage. Abbey, Brenda, Brian, and Chad all went to work with the babies. Things seemed to go much better for them today. We are starting to learn the ropes of the babies/toddlers and it is helping a bit. However, the language barrier is still making it hard to understand the expectations for us.

The rest of us continued the sanding. It was a dirty and physically tiring job but Ron (Ark Director) quickly provided us with a pick me up. He had us come do a "fun" job which entailed ripping some sort of dessert plant out of the ground that was taking over the garden. This is a story you will have to ask us about when we get back. Lets just say it involved a rope, a truck, some human weight (us), machetes, and axes.

After a yummy lunch of rice, chicken, veggies, and cabbage we got to enjoy the kids and finish taking on the cactus. Then we ran our VBS program. It seemed to go quit well today. The kids entertained us with their beautiful Spanish music for about a half hour before we headed back to the apartment.

After pizza for supper and few hours rest Julie, Abbey, Chad, Aaron, and Jared headed back to the Ark to play KGB. They came back a bit breathless but they seemed like they had a blast. I believe you will hear more about that from Chad tomorrow morning. The rest of us had a night to do laundry and rest. We spent our free time reading, preparing Bible lessons, playing Skipo, and just talking. It was a great time of fellowship.

Thank you for all your prayers. You all are so dear to me.

God Bless
Heather Snyder