Guatemala Day 5 I forgot to tell you a funny story from yesterday…when we were leaving the orphanage the bus wouldn’t start so the guys all had to get out of the bus and push it. The driver (Carlos) was then able to get it going. We were so thankful that this particular orphanage had enough room to do this. Today Carlos went and got a new battery for the bus and we haven’t had to push it again! We had 2 team members that had some sort of stomach virus or they ate something bad…we aren’t quite sure which one. Both of them stayed back at the hotel today. They are feeling somewhat better but are not by any means feeling well. Please keep them and the rest of the team in your prayers. We arrived at the orphanage this morning and were taken on a tour of the orphanage because the boys were in school. This orphanage houses 70 boys from 3-15. It is actually built into the side of a mountain. It is so beautiful to stand at the top building which is the chapel and look down at the villages below! When we came on our fact finding trip a year and a half ago they told us that they were trying to build an orphanage for girls. Today they took us next door to the land that it is going to be built on. It had a bright yellow concrete wall all around the land. There was a slab already poured for the playground. It was very nice to see the dream we were told about start to become a reality for these children. They are expecting start working on it in a few months and have it ready by the end of the year. There were some little girls from the village at the orphanage for lunch today. All of the children were very well mannered and were very respectful. They had musical instruments and they played some music for us…it was so much fun! There was a little boy who - about 4 years old playing some sort of a whisk type instrument. He took his job very seriously and was just precious! The orphanage directors continue to tell us that these children need love, touch and affection and most of them soak it up! After we left the orphanage we came back to the room to eat and change very quickly! Then we were off to a church in the village where Raul preached a message. When we arrived at the end of the main street that leads to the village – we had a police escort to the church. They stayed and escorted us back to the main road. It was like we were dignitaries or something. Many, many people responded to Raul’s message – we didn’t get to hear what it was because it was after 11 when we arrived back at the hotel. This was definitely an experience that I will never forget. The music was great! We loved it! They really knew how to worship. We left at 9:45pm (it started at 7:30 pm) and they were just getting their second wind – Raul told us they would probably continue on until midnight…and it is a Thursday night! Their culture is so different that ours – in the USA we all have somewhere to be or something to do - not so here!