Guatemala Day 4 I really do not even know where to start…this has been a crazy day! First of all, Risa ran a fever all night so she stayed back at the motel today. She was thinking that she had the flu. When we arrived back this evening we were happy to hear that she is feeling much better! We arrived at the orphanage a little early again today. We were made to feel very welcomed…the nuns and the children remembered our group from last year. They remembered the returning team members by name and they were so excited and asked if we had “hot dogs”! They were thrilled when we assured them that we had them. This is such a treat for these children. This orphanage has 170 boys from 3-13 years old and it has its own school for the boys. When we arrived the boys were in school. They assembled them for us to have our bible lesson. It was a little chaotic - but not too bad…after all…boys will be boys! Raul shared his lesson and then we played with them for about an hour before we started to prepare the lunch for them. The boys all came in at the same time for lunch…and let me just say…they were VERY excited that we were there and that they were eating hot dogs! There is no way that I can explain in an email the noise and chaos that ensued! After lunch we cleaned up the mess and then gathered them together again to present a little skit on sin. It took the nuns about 20 minutes to get them seated…they were embarrassed and said that the boys are not used to all the sugar in the juice. We sang a few songs with them and then they were dismissed to their classes so that we could make the bracelets with them. Let me tell you…the boys in the classrooms were not the same boys that we saw before. They were very well behaved and they listened, took notes, asked questions and did a very good job with the bracelets. The boys really toe-the-line when they are in the classroom. We were very thankful that they listened so intently to this important message. After they finished we went back outside to play. We gave them the basketballs, footballs, soccer balls, Frisbees, bubbles, and side walk chalk and we all had a great time with them. The first little boy I saw when I arrived was probably 3 years old and he was precious. He just jumped into my arms and hung on. Then he wanted me to put him on the money bars and he would hang there until someone else got on and he would wrap his legs around them until they jumped down…and the process was repeated over and over. This cute little guy only had on one shoe so I called him my wet little one-shoed monkey. While Raul was preaching he was picking old chewed gum off the wall and was putting it in his mouth and chewing it! I think every one of us has a similar story to tell about how one of the boys melted their heart – even in the midst of the chaos! God was present with us and we are all feeling so blessed by these children. We laughed so much tonight just thinking about our day. After we left the orphanage we ate at the best restaurant…yummy! When we got back to the hotel Risa was waiting for us and was feeling much better which was great news! Every evening we have our team meetings – to update the team on what to expect the next day and to recap the day. We also have a team member share a bible lesson or devotional of their choice…this is completely voluntary. Tyler led out tonight and did a wonderful job. The young adults and youth on this trip are amazing. They love the children, serve the Lord boldly and are a great joy to be around. I can’t wait to see all the Lord is going to do in and through them in the years to come! They have blessed us all!