This is Alex, one of the boys living in Casa Lamar at Casa Bernabe Orphanage. He's one of the kids who was clearly born again, and he's SO thrilled to be able to live at the orphanage! He spoke almost perfect English, too!
American Gothic, anyone? (KC, that one's for you!) Seriously, we got work done! I promise!!!
See? We're doing real work! You just can't beat trench digging! Due to the elevation, we literally had to take breaks every 10-15 minutes...there's just not enough oxygen up there! (Is Dave dancing or shoveling? I can't tell...)
We got a tour of an old convent from the 1500s in Antigua... This is me with two of the orphanage staff kids, Ashta & Fe. ("Fe
means "Faith" in Spanish.) We were feeling pretty special about our cool braids...
We took an afternoon to tie-dye t-shirts for the ENTIRE orphanage of 150 kids! That's a LOT of tie-dyeing! The kids loved it. (That's Jer in the foreground.)
I think this girl was a little excited about getting her t-shirt dyed. I just love that face!
That's me with some of the girls in Casa Alabanza (House of Praise). The girl in the blue shirt sitting next to me is Amanda...she's thinking of coming to do the School of Worship! I'm so excited for her!
That's Brad teaching at a different orphanage we found in San Pablo on Atitlán. A lot of these kids spoke Tu' tujil, an indigenous language, and barely spoke any Spanish...so teaching was a bit difficult! (We had a translator.)
Fourteen of the kids at the orpahange in San Pablo accepted Jesus! It was so exciting!
These kids loved seeing their photo on the back of the digital camera... Normally, photography is frowned upon by indigenous people in Guatemala, but these kids couldn't get enough!
No, I was never on an episode of "The Amazing Race"... but I did manage to stuff everything I needed for two weeks into that backpack! Don't bother with a suitcase...there's a LOT of walking involved in this trip, and the streets aren't paved!
Idol worship is HUGE in Chichicastenango (and many parts of Guatemala), so we prayed/preached against it. (That's Brad doing some street preaching in the market in Chichicastenango.) We got to pray with a couple people, including a tourist from France! It was really exciting...
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