Today was another normal day with a fairly normal schedule. We began the morning working at the child care center – some were painting while others were playing with kids. We also spent some time handing out “wordless book” bracelets. The team would enter the class, ask the teacher to read the insert, then they would give the bracelets to the children, or put them on their arms. We were able to give all 700+ students and teachers one because one of our AMG supporters made over 850 for us to bring with us.
Jasmine began her mural on the building – since it is a counseling building, she decided on the theme of trust. Her plan – to paint Noah’s ark on the wall. She began the process in the morning, and by mid afternoon had much of it done. I am looking forward to seeing the completed picture. It really looks good.
After lunch though, the team had some other work to do. One crew went back to painting the building that we have been working on all week (and are getting very close to finishing). The remainder of the team began putting together food bags that we are going to distribute on Thursday. We were putting beans, powdered milk and another powdered product (smelled like peanut butter cookies) into smaller bags from the 100 lb bags they came in. We were scooping 1 lb bags for the milk and other powder, and 3 lb bags for the beans. We added these bags to another bag and added sugar, oil, an some other items, and then we placed the 200 bags into a van. Tomorrow we will distribute them at another child care center in rural Guatemala.
The late afternoon was met with a tradition of playing soccer against the maintenance crew. Marco, Pancho (Fransisco), Pooch (Juan), Cocoa (Abel), Ronnie and Abuelo, along with Chad Smith, played against our team of 11 gringos. We struck first scoring 2 times early in the game. Then a long pause as the ball went back and forth with no one scoring. Eventually Pancho punched one in, and shortly after Cocoa scored as well. The game was cut short (although we had played for about 1 ½ hours) by a lightning storm. We took some photos, prayed together, and said our farewell. Tomorrow and Friday are holidays for the men, so we will not see them again this week.
We headed back to the hotel, had dinner, took time for a wrap up session, and then another game of Rage. The team really had a great time working together, playing together, and just being together. They are having a great time.
Tomorrow we go to Camp Canaan – and then hand out food. It’s gonna be another great day, Lord willing.
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