A Flurry of Activity

(Jeana)  This campus has been a whirlwind of activity.  The blessing of servants for the kingdom is about to rain down on this campus.  It has been an "all hands on deck" couple of weeks.  Gigi, Guiermo, Sarita, Daveed, Santiago and myself had been assigned to work on two of the new apartments.  We have been cleaning, staining, painting and then falling over into bed at night.  As of last night, our focus has now shifted to House 2.  We are in a big time crunch to prepare that house to receive a new family on campus.  It is such an answer to prayer to have this family from El Salvador coming to serve with this orphan ministry and we want to welcome them into a freshly painted home.  House 2 is very large, built to house 15 rescued children and the family is to arrive on the 27th - yep, that gives us about 8 days.  It's going to be "Extreme Home Makeover" for a while except that we will only have 6 adults and 4 kids and $0 to complete the transformation - yikes.
 In addition to the family moving into house 2, we are preparing for  team season.  This year this campus will host 8 teams from the states.  Can you imagine caring for 13 children and then hosting around 100 strangers at your house?  Neither can I. These house parents are true warriors and humble servants and I will forever treasure this time that has been given to me and my family to serve alongside them.
In addition to the teams and the new family coming, there are the interns that come to stay for the summer.  So, to add to the 13 kids, 100 strangers and one new family - these house parents take on additional teenagers from the states.  And, all this happens within the next 2 weeks.  To say that we have been busy is an understatement to be sure.
I have never seen my kids so consistently happy and content.  They work hard and never grumble.  In addition to helping with all the painting, cleaning and moving on campus they are having to do routine life chores that they have never been called on to do before.  I am sure that none of them have ever washed clothes by hand before this trip.  The daily sweeping and mopping and cleaning of our personal residence is handled with never a complaint.  The hand washing of all dishes. And, the lack of any personal electronic device.  I truly am amazed at how content they have been.

Currently, there is a team here.  We have had some amazing times of worship and prayer with this team.  They hosted a revival type gathering down in LaFrogua that was attended by hundreds of people.  It was a really cool experience to worship in the night air alongside all the Guatemalans.  Though we haven't mastered the language, worship is understood in any language.
While we were at the revival, Daveed and Santiage caused quite the stir.  There was a line of girls wanting their picture taken with them.  Some of the little boys were trying to pluck out their blonde hairs.  In addition to worship, play is understood in any language.  They had a great time.  They also ate tacos prepared by a village lady.  I came onto the scene too late to stop them.  They were half done with those tacos before I noticed.  I will post a pic.  I am so glad that I brought all those pro-biotics.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the Anderson's have taken over the campus English classes. All of us go to the school twice a week and teach.  It is a blast.  We love these kids.

Off to work,
Va Pues!

a typical house in the village where the tacos were prepared . . .

P.S.  The little hummingbird lived!  We nursed him through 24 hours with the sugar water and he regained his strength and flew away.