Today is the first of many work days here at Orphanage Emmanuel. The men headed out to the boys side to work on some pluming. Josh & Todd worked on showers while Tommy worked on plumbing under a sink. Brent was what you would call the assistant or gopher. The ladies worked in the clinic. In the morning, we worked with the toddlers. They are so precious any very good while being poked & prodded. Most didn't cry & sat very still especially when they saw the bon-bon (lollipop) they would get for being good. School is not in session on Monday afternoon so we worked with boys from the yard right below the clinic. They all wanted to be picked.
The ladies work crew consisted of 1 nurse, Sarah, 1 nursing student, Rebekah, transportation ladies, Hayley & Elizabeth, Rhonda & Wanda helped with figuring out the kids name & putting it on the assessment sheet and I helped with measuring height & weight. We had a nice little assembly line.
Before the afternoon work began, Brent & I went to see if Ana Yanci could go with us to the Teinda (store). She was busy making tortillas. I decided to try to my hand at making them. The first couple were not so good, but then a got the hang of it. I had to work quick to keep up Ana. It was fun. I think she really enjoyed having me in the kitchen with her.
We finished with the kids around 3:30 in the afternoon. Just in time to go to the children's Bible study. Some of us went down to the mid size girls Bible study. They were singing songs when we arrived. They sang all of the songs in Spanish of course but sang one song in English, "Open the Eyes of my Heart". It was glorious!
Can you hear this song by Michael W. Smith being sung by 30 small girls? It was like hearing 30 angels singing & praising God.
Once Bible study was done, we walked with the girls to their kitchen since it was their dinner time. After their dinner, they went to the gym to play. Josh & Rebekah went to the gym as well. The girls lined up for Josh to swing them in circles. When he took a break, a couple of the girls were wiping the sweat off of his forehead so he would cool down quicker & get back to swinging them.
At dinner, several of the team members had kids up to join us for dinner. I love watching the kids & team members interact. The kids soak up the attention & love every minute of it.
Once KP (kitchen duty) was done, a group of us started playing Phase 10. It was loads of fun & went on forever so we called it quit until another night.
The best part of the day was learning that Azucena had received her passport. She was very excited. The next step is to get her student visa. I am definitely praying without ceasing for Azucena.
It will be interesting to see how God will answer the prayer that is on my heart.
Until next time,
Bettye
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