Day Ten: And Then There Were Three…

Today was a sad morning as we said goodbye to our dear friend Katie. Goodbyes are never easy or fun. But onward we pushed and left for the orphanage at nine this morning, as we have been every morning. This car ride was noticeably different from the ones prior (as we now had room to move our legs with one less member- we still miss you Katie! ☺) Upon arrival, we were met again by hugs and children everywhere (we love the love). For some reason though, today our typical well planned day took a detour and we had a casual morning. This included hanging out and chatting mostly. Because we finished with our VBS Bible story plays, we read out of the New Testament in Spanish today for our study time. After that we decided to have free time and postpone our activity for the afternoon.

After free time came lunch, which came with the expected chaos and madness. During lunch we organized our Friday (and final day with the kids) with Yanet. She also introduced us to the newest volunteer at Fundacion Ninos de Cristo. Her name is Nicole and she’s from New Jersey (really nice, let’s hope the kids don’t wear her down too much). After lunch, we did an English lesson (group lesson this time); which was fun, but really loud. We went over vegetables and fruits today. After our lesson, we had free time for the rest of the day until Luke came and picked us all up.

After coming back home, we had some downtime and Bible study. After Bible study, we quickly cleaned up and headed to Cris’s house for dinner. She wanted to host a dinner for us all to get to network and thank us for serving. Super nice; it was awesome to talk about all the changes that could and needed to be made within the orphanage (and to see a table of so many passionate individuals hoping to change this orphanage for the better).

Memorable moments from today include: Chanel had fun with the guitar today- she got to teach the girls some basic chords on the guitar and spike their interest in music (Hopefully- only if the guitar lasts. But man, those girls have rhythm!). There were also some visitors from the local hospital who were able to checkout and check-in on the kids (great news!). When Les tried to catch a lizard (as we’re running out the door and already late for dinner). She actually caught it and scared all of us because it started squirming out of her hand (she even screamed and ran away). Another highlight of the day was dinner. It was so nice! Cris and her friends were all from Jersey and they all had different stories and came from all different walks of life. It was energizing to sit at a table with so many passionate women.

Sorry we’ve been a little delayed in updating the blog- we have been getting so tired by the end of the day and frantic to get to bed.

Tomorrow is our last day and we have a little bit of a different schedule, so hopefully we’ll be able to update it more thoroughly.

Until then…

Amor,

Las Chicas