Bundles of Love - Guatemala - Day 6

Today was another great day.  The day started much like every other – breakfast, devotions, and then of to Patzicia Child Care Center.  This center has about 450 students, and wouldn’t you know, we got to see just about all of them.

The Bundle we gave this group was much different than the others.  Monday – Wednesday the bundle we handed out had backpacks, school supplies, clothing, shoes, etc.  Today, the bundle consisted of food – rice, cereal, drinks, oil, beans, etc.  It was about 20 lbs of supplies for the family.  Yes, it had a lunchbox/backpack in it as well, but man was it heavy!!  The team was saying that these people would eat well for quite some time!

The kids came from the smallest to the largest – many with their extended families and we took pictures of them.  Over and over again we looked and it seemed like the line was dying down, only to have someone get on the PA and the line grew again.

Lynne, Amber, Anna and Claire went through the crowd and gave all of the children bracelets, while Jack, Ben, Doug and Wayne handed out the bundles.  It was a lot of work!  I took over 500 pictures today.

When we finally handed out all of the bundles, we had lunch with the staff and the teachers.  Representatives from the church were there, most of the teachers were men (which surprised me), and the kitchen staff joined us for our meal as well.  It was a fun time of interaction as we talked and listened.  Lunch was 2 kabobs with chicken, peppers and onions on a plate of rice.  It was delicious.

Afterwards we headed to Camp Canaan where we were able to see Jose Luis and Orpha and take a quick tour of the camp.  I love this couple – they are amazing people!  Their ministry to the children is priceless!

We headed home and did our usual routine – rest a few minutes, eat dinner, and talk.  By 8:30 we had finished talking and we began working on our devotions and getting ready for bed.  Speaking of which, they are almost all asleep by 9:30 every night – even Ben.  Tonight we are up a little later, but Ben is already asleep.  I think the playing with the kids wears him out!

Tomorrow we will be interacting with over 200 staff, teachers and maintenance workers of AMG. It will be a great company picnic that we will be able to attend and encourage the workers.  I am really looking forward to it!