Dia 7

Buenas Noches!

Currently, we are waiting around to debrief as a group (as we try to do every night). Some of the members are still in the children's houses. During the staff meeting tonight, all the team members went to the houses they will be staying in during the staff retreat to keep an eye on the children.

Tomorrow we are looking forward to our team day adventure to Lake Atilcan. We will have a three hour bus drive (leaving at 6am) and then spend the day taking a boat ride from island to island and visiting different villages. It should be quite a cultural experience. Please pray for safety for the team.

Each day Dana has been serving in Casa Alabanza, helping take care of the children (toddler age.) Today, Mrs. Rumbarger bought crafts for them to make for their sponsors.

The guys almost finished painting the school. SBU should be able to finish it tomorrow. They also finished pouring concrete over the pipe that they were working on yesterday. Their initials are now etched in the concrete here at Casa Bernabe.

Mrs. Rumbarger and Dayna Muhleck started cleaning the library. Hopefully that project will be able to be finished Wednesday. The books are covered with dust from the new roofing job that was done on the school prior to our coming here.

There continue to be daily soccer games. Lately they have been mixing the teams: Guatemalans, Cornerstone, and SBU. The teams are much more equal now.

Last night, Mr. and Mrs. Rumbarger went to watch Casa Lamar while the house parents went out. They watched "How to Train A Dragon." Mrs. Rumbarger had a very special time with the girls, and specifically one of their sponsored girls.

Mike Rettler, Mike McDonald, and Bryan Raycraft conquered a gorge the other day. Major props to them and praise God for safety! Today Matt Muhleck, Jon Forster, Mike McDonald, Kristen Forster, and Dayna Muhleck took a crack at it. God really had his hands on all that tried this feat. Dayna and Kristen couldn't get past a certain unstable point, so Mike McDonald helped us get back to the top and hoisted us up... that was enough of an adventure in itself.

Ken McDaniels continue to gets through the houses with dentistry. Kristen took the first half of the day to translate for him, and Dana took the second half. Our team works so well together! God is good! All the time!

Kristen and Dayna started teaching the girls in Casa Ester a dance tonight to "Correre" on a Spanish Hillsong CD called "Con Todo." The girls loved it! We will teach them the rest on Wednesday, and they would like to perform it for the group at the despedida ("farewell" party) on Wednesday.

I hope this update finds you all well. Thank you for your support and continued prayers. Dios te bendiga! (God bless you!)

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