In a day...

A sweet friend of mine (Hi Kim!) told me she would love to hear how a typical day goes for us here in Guatemala. I'm not completely sure what each day will look like because so far, every day has been unique in it's own way. We are learning so many new things daily and trying to take it all in stride. I have a feel our lives will never be boring around here to say the least. ;)

Today though I decided to drag my camera around with me all day so that our partners can see what we see and do because we are in this together. :)

Every morning we are greeted with this view... (isn't God amazing?)

and this view...

For now Mya, Aleigha, Kaden and Carson are going to the Christian school here on Eagles Nest property until noon- although soon they will be starting their homeschool curriculum. The school year here ends in October. (They go from the end of January to October). This is a picture of the outside of the school...

This is a picture of the kitchen in our new home...

This morning Felis, Claire, Addisyn and I had the privilege of going to visit 2 ladies who cook the food at the Manna Feeding program.

One of the cooks has been sick the past couple of days so we went to visit her and pray for her. She is so precious. It has been such an honor to work along side Felis and Claire- I am learning so much from both of these amazing women and I am so thankful for their examples. They have been such a gift to us in so many ways!!

This is the 2nd cook Dominga and her four beautiful children. Domingas husband was killed before her youngest son was born. She lives with her mother and beside her other relatives. There are 35 children between them all and they all live in the same area and help each other out.

When we asked Dominga if she was in need of anything the first thing she mentioned was shoes (those will be coming :) and the second was corn (to make tortillas) and beans. This is us outside of Domingas home when we dropped her her corn and beans.

These pictures are of the inside of her home.

Her kitchen...

The room where her and her four children sleep...

and the outside of her home...

More of her family...

(Yep, they need shoes too)

After our visit we hurry home to get the kids from school and head to the Manna Feeding Center where we serve as a family...

Todd and Pedro teaching the lesson...

and praying with the children...

After Manna is over we get news that we are getting a new 7 month old baby girl in the orphanage today, so we head over there to love on the children and meet our new little sweetie.

Introducing princess Dulce... she is such a doll baby!

And this is baby Lizzy (who was found in a garbage dump)... isn't she beautiful? She is such a sweetie.

Havyn with her buddy Florie... they crack me up together.

Pedro cutting the boys hair in the Children's home... the kids all adore him and his heart of gold. :) We are so blessed to work with the most amazing people in the world.

At the end of the day we head home to cook dinner (which is a lot more work here since you can not find most things we were used to cooking and everything is made from scratch) and to have some time together as a family.

So thankful for this day, for this opportunity to serve and for these beautiful people the Lord has put in our lives.

And to our partners... we are so thankful for each and every one of you who are doing your part so we can do ours. We appreciate you!!!