Monday 5 March 2012

Guatemalan labour of love

With tears in my eyes, I write about our day. We started with a great breakfast at Marina's at 7:30 am. After a quick trip to the Arm's of Jesus school, we took part in the devotional with the morning class of about 250 kids. Darryl shared Big Flood with the kids. Afterwards we were presented with water bottles with beautiful handcrafted covers. It was so touching as each child came to present them to us, complete with hugs and a kiss. There were a few tears in each of our eyes. The kids were so excited and it was a precious moment.

Pastor Luis took us for a quick tour of the school and showed us the new land they acquired. We also saw the new site for an addition to the school, which we will be working on on Thursday.

We took a bus and truck to the shop, picked up tools and headed out. A rutted, steep road to the top. It was an eye opener to see the poverty as we went further up the hill. The country side was picturesque. But the garbage is everywhere. We forget the litter laws and government subsidy help our country.

We were very fortunate that the crew had taken the walls and tin roof to the sites. It was quite a hike down (read really hard on the way back up). We packed the tools, ladders and lunch down to the furthest site. Once there, it took just under two hours to get the first two houses built and painted.

The children would watch, sometimes shyly and other times following you around.

Over all it was an amazing day with so many memories for one day! Just think...we have four more days.

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