(wil) I will post pics after we visit dolsey.
Today was a long day in Guatemala. We did our first school work in Guatemala. We did half of it, but we learned a lot of other things along the way. We all had music lessons with the kids here. I did the guitar, Sarah and James did piano, and David did the drums. It was wades first attempt to play, I asked him if he learned any thing, He made a beat on the microwave. Now the microwave has little dents in it. Sarah and Santiago (james) learned there scales in Spanish. And I taught the guitar class a new song. We also went into town to get dose sink faucets for the master bath and a half bath, and a stove for the kitchen. While we were there my dad told me to try to buy a soda from the store across the street, he said it will be an adventure. So he sent me over across the street alone. Of course I only know my numbers in Spanish, and merchant only knew the word "and". When I got over there I see that one drink is 3.00Q, so I try to buy 2. It was like talking to Raul. I went in with 8.00Q and came out with 1 drink, and 2.00Q. If you can't do the math, I payed double. But that's OK, the experience was worth it. When we unloaded the stove and brought it in to the kitchen, we had Raul help us. He speaks NO English. He came to help us install the stove. Bueno! Dad would tighten a bolt, Raul would loosen it, open the oven door, shut the oven door. 1:00 hour later, they agreed that it was "Done". As we were cooking beans for diner. The oven exploded. Oven door flew open, and a huge flame came rolling out of the oven. Dad said, "James, go and get Mr. Bell!" So all 3 of them went out in search of Mr. Bell. Sarah and James came back moments later with no one, and said, "Mr. Bell went to town". Wade went into Josue house and said, "Fire House 6!" He came running down in confused alarm with his friend. The house was made of cement and they were confused as to how we managed to catch a cement house on fire. Only the back of the stove had a little flame on it where the hose connected to the stove. That was put out with one blow from dad. It turns out the connection was loose on the back of the stove, so the gas was leaking. We fixed the problem and are currently using the stove to cook our beans that normally take minutes, hours later, is just now being served.
So, Our first meal did not go so well. Now the people here are questioning weather or not we can cook our own meals with out burning down the campus. Fuego en la casa! We have 66 more dinners in Guatemala, if we survive them, we will keep posting to you guys.
Type to you guys soon,
Wil
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- Dear friends, We began this blog in the summer of 2012 when our family was called to step "out" of our "normal" life as we lived it in Carrollton Texas and serve for 3 months at Housesofhope.org orphanage in Zacapa, Guatemala. A simple blog for our friends and family to stay in touch during our short journey. Since that season we have decided we will use this as a means to continue to log our journey, share our stories and create a platform to champion what inspires us. We hope you enjoy and pray that you are encouraged into action and deeper reflection on family and faith.
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