Exhausted is not a word that I use very often. Very few times in life can I say that I gave so much that I am completely wiped. Our team is exhausted....in such a good way. There is something so satisfying when all that you have is given freely to those in need. And this country and these people are in desperate need.
On Friday our team arrived at the EBAC Orphanage in the morning for tutoring. Some of us were teaching kids long division with percentages, and others were teaching kids appropriate punctuation while writing paragraphs in English. These kids are so passionate about their education. They feel so fortunate to be learning something new. We ended the day playing with the small children at IDADEE and getting eaten alive by the national bird....the mosquito.
Today we started a painting project for the girls at the EBAC Orphanage. The living quarters for these kids are not ideal, so we were excited to give them all a freshen up! We scraped off old paint from walls and ceilings and put on a fresh coat of paint to brighten up the rooms. I wish you could have seen the faces of the young ones when they would come up to check on our progress. They were excited about the improvements. We ended the day with a surprise visit to Jean-Claude and Monica's. They are the family we spent a lot of time with last year fixing up their new home. The kids were ecstatic to see us. We plan on going to the "mountain" church with them in the morning.
That's all we've got for now. Our hearts are full.
