I wish I had more time to write after each group has been here...but there's not much time in between! I'll try to do something for each group at the end of the summer.
Dwight and I got on the bus with our 2nd group- Hopewell Methodist from Georgia- on Monday at noon to head to Quito. The bus made it all the way to Quito before we had problems....which is a HUGE blessing! It was a bummer though, b/c the public tourist site at the Equator was closed by the time we got there. We dropped the group off at the airport, and then took a taxi to a missionary family's home to spend the night. The next morning we headed to the grocery store to buy $300 worth of food for the next group...raced home to make sandwiches for the bus...then raced to the airport to pick them up! I was so thankful the transition went well, too. The entire group arrived with all of their luggage, and we got on the bus and headed to Shell.
It was a very quick turn around, but things could ALWAYS be worse! We got this group to the Guesthouse last night at 8:15, and they were exhausted. They had been traveling from Pennsylvania for over 24 hours, so they were wiped out.
This group from Lancaster, PA is made up of 13 high school seniors, 3 adult leaders, and 2 teenagers from Quito serving as translators. We still have around 18 other people that are volunteering in some capacity at the orphanage, so there is a lot to be coordinated!
It really is awesome to be here as all of these people come and go. Everyone has a specific story, and we have been so encouraged through the relationships being built! Ideally, I would love to post a blog about each person on every trip, but there's just no way!
Please keep Rosa and Dolly in your prayers. Both of them just had surgery yesterday, and they're doing well now. They were both minor surgeries, but we're so thankful everything went well.
Also...please just be praying for the orphanage right now. We are in the middle of some legal issues with some past employees who are trying to get money. It's a complicated situation, but the current tia's are being so great about it. They are actually going to meet together this afternoon to figure out a way to keep the orphanage going with their current salaries.
Other than that.... summer is great! We have several young ladies here this summer who are working with the kids in the afternoon. We have it set up with rotating groups in stations, and the volunteers are doing a great job! We have limited resources, and they're just jumping in and making it work. I'm so thankful for all of them!
Enough for now....Sorry I don't have any pictures. :-) Hope you are all enjoying your summer breaks!
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