IT´S WEDNESDAY...I am at the internet cafe´yeah!

 While at the Widows house her daughters were making tortillas for their lunch. I got the opportunity to pat one and place it on the griddle...I am really glad they didn´t make me eat it !!!

 The girls spent the best part of the day putting washers on the self tapping screws so the guys could fasten the sheets of roofing down.

 You guessed it....that is ¨Monkey Mike¨ climbing around on the trusses. Ken and Joe are awaiting Mikes instruction.

Another team from South Dakota are reconfiguring these beds to be able to use them in one of the new houses for the children.

TUESDAY

Because of the problems with the internet I have uploaded the pics from each day to Picasa. Below is the link to several pics. PLEASE LET ME KNOW THAT THE LINK WORKS BY COMMENTING ON THIS POST. Hope it works !!
https://picasaweb.google.com/101832008304961889275/GuatBestJoe1#

FIRST DAY AT CASA ANGELINA

Internet connect is really bad here. Spent 3 hrs trying to upload pics & only managed to get a few on the blog. Will try again tomorrow....in the mean time, we had a great day at the orphanage. Mike and a few other folks worked on the metal roof on the new school building. The rest of us which was about 40 in number, took a very detailed tour of the grounds & houses then went to visit two of the widows in the village that we/Casa Angelina built homes for in years past. We came back for lunch and then the kids had a surprize performance for us with dancing and music. After that we played with the kids until it was time to head back to our hotel. We had an opportunity as well to renew some old friendships with those on other teams who returned to work at the orphanage again this year too.
 

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COUNTDOWN TO 3:00 AM !

The team will be heading to BWI, bound for Guatemala at 3:00am tomorrow. We probably will not have had much or any sleep in anticipation of our trip. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we are EXCITED to be returning to Casa Angelina once again.  It is our desire that we are able to be a blessing to the orphans and houseparents by helping with some of the work that needs to be done around the orphanage. We are a "talented" group and are willing to do whatever is required of us for the week ahead. We could be painting, pouring concrete, loving on the kids, helping build a widows house, did I say loving on the kids.... you get the idea.
I will try to update the blog with lots of pics as our work week gets under way so check back often.
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Thanks for your prayers & support of this trip.