Day Before Good Bye

Another long amazing day at the orphanage. (NOT TO MENTION BRAD'S BIRTHDAY:)

Work projects continued from yesturday with more painting and we were also able to lay all the tile today. We will hopefully wrap up everything tomorrow by putting the finishing details on the wall outside of the orphanage and an area by the kitchen. We will also finish the floor in the older boys' new room by grouting the tile we layed today. Im sure we will have pictures either on here or for sure on the slide show.

VBS was interrupted today by an incredible amount of rain. No one could really do anything besides watch the amount of water that was falling AND not going anywhere....And with such a rare opportunity there was only one thing missing, FOOTBALL!! The court was flooded on one side but that just made everything that much more fun. The boys played through the rain and gave everybody standing around more to watch then just the rain...Unfortunately the drains were clogged and some of the rooms and storage rooms were starting to flood. With some quick thinking and a pile of kids clothes we were able to make a dam to block the water from entering the rooms. The drains were eventually unclogged and everything drained back to normal. Over all, it was quite a sight to see.

After dinner we returned one last time for the night for the black light hands presentation and another fire. The black light hands group did awesome and the kids really enjoyed it. The kids enjoyed the fire as well, eating as many marshmellows and mini sausages as they possibly could. There would be 10 different kids all gathered around the same medium sized fire trying to find room to cook their food. Tonight was a nice time to relax with the kids and listen to them sing around the fire. You couldn't ask for a much better time with some of your best friends!

As for me and I think most in the group, there were some mixed feelings saying good-bye tonight. Some of the kids weren't sure if this was the last night we were there or not. At least for tonight we could reassure them that we would see them tomorrow and we could spend one more full day with them, but it made me realize that tomorrow night we aren't going to be able to say those reassuring words to them. Sure we might be able to say that we might see them next year, but a few of us had a hard wake up call this year that some of "our kids" from last year are no longer there. You never know what one year will bring and it makes it extremely hard to say good bye.

Tomarrow is going to be hard and your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated! As for now, it's time for bed!! Buenos noches!