I'm sorry.

I owe ya'll a great many apologies, I really do. My last couple posts have been unemotional and bare. Not to mention I didn't even post yesterday at all. So I've got a lot of catch-up to do. This blog post will cover yesterday and tonight's will cover all of today. So here we go...

It was another day of giving. Tammy, a few members of the team, and I headed back out into the mountains of Guatemala to pass out clothes and toys and such. We saw some hard things and heard some amazing stories. I would love to highlight one in particular for ya'll.

We came upon a complex in a village pretty far out and as we approached it we were wearily greeted by 3 sisters. After talking to them for quite a while we learned of their devastating story. They were orphans, the 3 sisters we met along with 6 other siblings they had. Their mother died 9 years ago and their father 7. The oldest sister is married and lives with her own family. So the 19 yr old girl (in blue above) has been raising her brothers and sisters since she was 12 yrs old. The Children are as follows:
Oldest Sister
Micaela-19
Danny-17
Sonia-15
3 More Sisters
Selia-10 (red shirt)
Leslie-9
The 3 middle sisters live with a teacher they nanny for. Danny makes about 100 Q's a week and Micaela makes about 40. When asked what they do for fun, Micaela just lowered her head and said "There is no fun. We dont have time, fun gets in the way of feeding this family." Wow. They live on a property owned by their aunt who lets them stay for free. All want to go to school but they say they have no money for it.

It takes Micaela 4-5 months to finish this intricate shirt she sews. She works for people who sell it in the market. They sell it for 3000 Q's, Micaela makes 40. She has to buy her own materials and supplies. Talk about getting ripped off.

After talking with them, we led them back to the truck where we showered them with gifts and new shoes and such. It was the first time we'd seen them smile all day. What a joy.

Later on we came back, showered, changed and head down to Manos de Jesus for a lovely dinner and wonderful fellowship with this interesting team. The night then ended without much else to report.

...So agian I'm sorry for falling behind, I can't promise it won't happen again but I sure will try to make sure it doesn't. I hope ya'll had a blessed day. Love ya'll!

Daily Shout Outs

• Matt- I hope you are having a good orientation. I love you.
• Nick- Thank you, you know what for. Love you kiddo. 
• Aunt Melissa- I was talking to Kristen ( the one down here with her family for a year) and she was sp tickled that you know Patti Green. They're actually like best friends. Miss you, give the kids my love (:
• Mom and Dad- Love you and miss ya'll like crazy!