I keep thinking how crazy it is that I have been here for almost six weeks! Things here have been a bit crazy! Guillermo, the man who runs the orphanage, and Mandy, the girl that runs the nursery, left about a week ago. Also my little baby Alejandrita was sick and having to go to the hospital for two nights took one of the workers, and a wedding took another. So for two days we were down to the cook, Mary, and I. It was CRAZY! I had five babies all night and most of the day for two days! Three of them slept pretty good but there are two that are much younger and need lots more attention during the night. It was rough but I was happy to help. Three of the kids here went back with their family this last Wednesday. We all are very sad because they were a big part of this home but also we are very happy that they are back with family. They all got very dressed up to go to the court to see it they could go back with their family, also they all wore a big and happy smile all day. I hope that they are happy and that they know how much they are loved and missed here.
Yesterday I was in the kitchen all day cooking up a storm and making all the plans for a fun Halloween activity... I, with Mary´s help, made tons of chocolate cupcakes for the kids to decorate. I crushed up chocolate cookies to make ¨dirt¨, made orange and blue frosting, and had lots of different candies to make the spooky decorations for the top. The kids had a great time and they were super creative! We used tootsie rolls to roll up and make into spiders and webs. All the volunteers and workers made them too and we all had a ball!
Our newest project is trying to help a group of people in Guatemala that are cut off from the world by a landslide. We did not realize how serious it is until we talked to a women who is up there, she could not call anyone because she has no minutes on her phone and the only way we would talk is because we called her, she told us that they are starving and lots of people are missing in all the debis. They can not get enough supplies because its too dangerous to get to them with all the rain and landslides. She is part of a group of 70 families who are completely cut off. They are going to try to meet us at Losa Plotentas, a place between the orphanage and Guatemala City, where we will give them whatever supplies we can. I hope that it will be safe for them and that they can meet us, also that we can collect up enough supplies for them. We will mostly be looking at giving them food and clothes. Remember them in your prayers.
We just welcomed a new volenteer here and are going to say bye to one on thursday. It´s always sad to say goodbye and fun to meet new people.
I guess thats all! Adios!
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