Ask and you shall receive

Sorry this is late, we've had some power and internet issues in the last few days! One of the most exciting parts about Friday was that there was an earthquake at 3:30 Friday morning! I was one of the lucky few to wake up and feel it, and we are all pretty excited that we can now say we have survived an earthquake. Friday was our last day of the work projects we've been working on. It was my first day of doing manual labor, and it felt good to get a little dirty! We dug and scraped around pine trees and corn plants, and we planted over 1300 broccoli and cauliflower plants. Our work was accompanied by an intense squash fight and singing, and I'm pretty sure we went through over 100 songs from Hakunah Matatah to Jason Mraz. It was great to see how much we accomplished once the morning was over, and we had a great time. Shout out to my family - Alex and I are having a great time and we are so grateful for your help in allowing us to come!

-Sara

After the day's work projects, which also included helping at the baby house and Castillo Magico, we ate lunch (pasta and tortillas) with the kids. The kids I sat with had fun learning words in English while they taught me the same words in Spanish. Yesterday afternoon was devoted to a kid's camp for all the boys. We had fun playing soccer and frisbee, making bracelets together, having water balloon fights and taking pictures. We also played a game sort of like Duck, Duck, Grey Duck that involved water called Drip, Drip, Drop in English and Pato, Pato, Ganso in Spanish. We also created two homemade volcano's with the boys. They loved watching them "erupt." It was a great way to cool off; yesterday was incredibly warm and sunny. Because there were so few clouds in the sky yesterday, we were able to see both the volcanoes near the orphanage throughout the day, which was very lucky because they're almost always obscured by clouds. Before I finish, I want to tell my family that I'm having a wonderful experience here. I love you!

~Maria

After playing with the kids for hours and having alot of fun we had dinner; beans and eggs with this delicious hot tea that everybody loves. Then there was a fun fiesta, and soccer game planned. There was alot of music, and dancing in the commodor and a full soccer game below on the field with lights. We played the older boys who live at the home and had two thirty minute halves. At half time, which we thought was the game, we were tied 2-2. While we were all so tired and exhausted the NPH boys, had a whole new rotation of boys coming on to play. After another thirty minutes of play, we lost 5-3. The game was close until the last five minutes, when we tied the game and then allowed two goals. The rest of the night we had devotions. Each person stated their highs and lows of the day. Then we were surprised, and read the letters that you (our parents) wrote to us. It was nice to have the words of our parents to read after a long five days of hard work, and fun. We are all looking forward to our last few days at the home, and our day of touring Antigua. Shout out to my all of my family in town for the wedding, hope it all went well. Safe travel's.

~Tyler