Guatemala July 2008

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Internos!!!

This is our awesome group of interns, Jess, Rachael, Danelle, Mark & Kelsey! They were great. They play such an important role here at the home. They play with the kids, tutor them, mentor them and lead Bible studies, some worked in the medical clinic as well. They cooked breakfast for us a couple times and participated in our devotionals. It was really great to have them here with us.

Doctor's Office

This is the Doctor's office. You can see the examination table beside her desk. That is about all the room she has to work with. The exam table doubles as an operating table. They do actual surgeries in her office. While we were here she and one of the interns removed a 10cm tumer from a woman's leg... all under local anesthesia!! Ouch!

The Dentist's office

This was one of the offices we painted in the clinic. and yes that is a 7up bottle he is using in some way with his instruments.

Jordan & Salomon

Poppers

Here we are making the traditional Jalapeno Poppers (Armadillo Eggs). The were 4 alarm!

Sandra

Here is Sandra, the home mother coordinator posing in her new apartment with a swan her prayer sister sent with us to give her.

Don Snow

Don Snow from York was here at the same time with us. He is a great help when we have technical questions and we love having him here!

Marta

Jordan and Salomon

Jordan & Salomon became fast friends!

Elmer and Oswaldo

Finally!

Jordan finally gets some time with Michelle!

Friday, July 18, 2008

The Team in Antigua

Jordan on the Ruins

Val & Gaye in the ruins at Antigua

Maria & Sheila

Estela

Dalila

Teacher Appreciation

Val and Gaye worked hard to pull together a teacher appreciation time fo rthe teachers of the school here at the Children's Home. There are almost 50 teachers here that work very hard to teach the 450 students of the Christian School.

It was a great time and the teachers were very thankful to have the treat that Val & Gaye prepared for them.

Trimming

Brenda and Sara our other mother daughter team members are trimming back the bamboo on teh property.

Mark

One of the interns, Mark, was helping Larry pull cable.

Gaye & Val

It is great to have a couple mother-daughter team members. It is a new experience for our teams and I think it is wonderful to see them serve together!

Laary's Fan Club

Larry's Posse

Iris, Emily & Jordan

Jenifer & Val

Val and some friends

Daniel & Delia

Daniel & Delia were goofing in the gym

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Michelle, Ibet, Maria & Sara hanging out in the gym.

The first base Stripe!

They are all smiles now as we got the first stipe on the wall, but everyone has been working very hard! The Clinic has been a challenging project. The clinic has ten rooms which needed 2 coats of paint and then the base stripe in oil which of course had to be taped in.

The real challenge though comes in that it is a working clinic so we couldn't move out the furniture and we had to work around the doctors and patients.

This has caused us to work some extra hours to ensure we are not in the way on subsequent days. We've worked after dinner into the night on several occasions. For those of you who may have told Brenda and Gaye that we don't work hard we just play with the kids... you may want to lay low for a while.

The bench!

Maria, Larry, Gladys, Jenifer, Sara, Ibet

Jordan gets to hold the baby!

Jordan finally got to hold the baby. Although she isn't as cute as she used to be... and it looks as if she may have gained a little weight. By the way Jordan wanted me to share that the face he is making is not the strain but rather the fits of laughter he was suffering from.