Today. was. crazy.

SO our day started with a breakfast of eggs (soft boiled), croissant rolls (with jelly), and fruit (...I have no clue what kind). Until lunch that was the high point of the day for some of us. It was a weird day of highs and lows. Jared and Jordan worked on blow torching the yard, Brenda, John, Chad, Brain, Hannah,and I worked on sanding down concrete in the laundry room and fridge room and Heather, Julie, Aaron and Sarah worked with the babies and toddlers. And it was the group working with the kids who had it the hardest. It was a rough day of a million babies and lots of rules they didn't understand. But once we hit lunch life got better. It was food that was recognizable! After that we got to chill and just play with the kids till 3 then we had bible study. Once we were finished with that we schooled the children in soccer....ok I'm lying they pwnd us big time. I think the final score was 8 to 2 or 3 and that was only because Naomi (one of the directors daughters) switched to our team half way through because we were doing sooooo bad. Chad and Brian blame the lose of breath on the high altitude....but they also blamed the inability to speak Spanish on it.... We left the orphanage at 5 with Naomi and a boy named Ivan who took us to town for dinner and shopping. We ate some native food. Those who know me will be completely surprised to know that I, Abbey Graeber aka the pickiest eater ever ate pig feet. We got back to the apartment and have just been chilling since. During our debriefing we realized how much God has brought us together. We all were checking in on each other at the orphanage, we tease each other when we say some thing wrong (which has happened a lot), we have inside jokes and we all freaked when Heather almost got hit by a bus. So I guess the biggest blessing and comfort God gave us today was family. A new family of twelve. Without each other we all would have broken down multiple times today BUT instead we had a day of adventure and fun and tiredness. So thank you God for the people God brought on this trip it is only the 3rd day, it feels like a month. We come from very different families but it feels right to be together.
-Abbey