Last week, we had three sleepovers for the kids. And by sleepovers I mean we stayed in a room all night. Monday night, we were with the older girls and made pizza and cookies and popcorn and watched movies till 5 in the morning. The next night was the older boys’ turn. We made popcorn, cookies, chips and salsa, (lots of) coffee, at 1 we made chocolate chip pancakes, and at 7 we made French toast (which they had never had before). We watched movies from 9 at night till 8 in the morning. I think I was pretty useless in the clinic after these nights. The next night, we had a pijamada for the youngest boys and girls. We made popcorn and dirt (an Oreo dessert). My favorite movie that we watched was Iron Will, which is about a dog sled race. At the end when the protagonist falls down within sight of the finish line, all the kids sat up and started yelling hurry, hurry! Get up and run! The other guy is coming! Then they all cheered excitedly when he won the race. After the movies, I went back to the girls’ house with them and slept between Emily and Angie. I’m not really sure you could call it in between actually, more like beneath those two. Angie even had my pillow the whole night. These have been some of my favorite times since I’ve been here.
Why in the world did we do these sleepovers 3 nights in a row? Good question. The kids were off from school during this week. Also, the following night, we had a sending off for Kara and Daniel, a couple which has been here since August ’06. It was an incredibly touching time where we watched a slide show, the little girls danced to “Shout the Lord”, and several kids and staff stood up and thanked them for the way that they had touched his or her life. Even several of the older boys cried as they expressed their gratitude and love.
This was the couple that was in charge of us interns and I am really going to miss their encouragement and guidance. Please pray for them as they adjust to their new life in a new place and with a new job. Please also pray for health for their baby boy who will be arriving in September.
The next three nights, we went to a music festival at our church in Guatemala City. This church seats 12,000 people and each night was packed out. Everything went surprisingly smoothly and it was really fun to see our kids jumping around. I even had heard a few of the bands before. Some highlights include trying to walk up and down the aisle of the moving school bus to hand out sandwiches, juice, and cookies, seeing the excitement of the kids, some really great times of worship, getting to spend some one-on-one time with the kids, learning to play the game “arco iris”, the excitement and jokes on the ride home, seeing Rony wearing my sweatshirt which was about 3 sizes to small, and having the song “Vamos Pa’lante” stuck in our heads for the next 5 days. Please pray that what the speakers and singers had to say will leave a lasting impression on the kids.
Words of the Day:
Arco iris (are- co E- wris)- rainbow
Pijamada (pee- ha- mah- dah)- sleepover
Poporopos (poe- poe- roe- poes)
Despedida (des- pA- dee- dah)- the send off for groups, interns, and staff
Alabanza (ah- lah- bahn- zah)- worship
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