Thursday

What an emotional day!  The tears flowed freely.  What can I say?  The Lord’s doing a work in my heart and all I can do is yield to Him.  It’s a good thing.  I work up with the thought, “I only have two more days at the orphanage!”  The time is going so quickly, and it’s like a dream I don’t want to wake up from.  Yet, I know my family is waiting for me when I get back home.  So, as my mentor missionary friend advised me, I’m just going to focus on the time I have here and enjoy this wonderful feeling of being fulfilled.

I was glad to be back at the orphanage today!!  Sarah came with me (Kristen went with her dad to the clinic) and I’ve really appreciated her and Laura’s friendship.  As I sat at the kitchen pulling basil leaves off their stems and cried, I attempted to make pesto!  Sarah and Laura, and all the women were so supportive.  I felt embarrassed that I was so emotional, but it was okay since being real caused some walls to come down and allowed me to grow closer with some of the native workers at el Arca.  Even us Americans from the US don’t have it all together! 

We also helped Brigida make homemade dinner rolls.  After lunch Laura, Sarah and I went to the market.  The amount of fresh, organic produce at such cheap prices was unbelievable.  The people may be poor, but they have a rich abundance of healthy foods! 

I picked my laundry up from the launderia tonight, and it’s so refreshing to have clean clothes!  Now it’s off to dinner. . .