Oct 4 Amber and I went to central park and rode on the bald bus, (a bus with the top cut off that takes a tour of the city), and ate raspados, (shaved ice with dulce de leche).
Oct 6 Cleaned all day, and then a group came from Georgia (miss you all😄). Went to Bible school with two of the girls, so that was really awesome to see them again.
Oct 7 Had orientation with the group right after breakfast, then we girls painted and cleaned the house of an elderly neighbour man, while the guys worked on putting in a side walk. Then in the afternoon we went out to Malpaisillo to be with the rest of the group, hung out and played games. 😄
Oct8 We finished painting the house, then came back and stamped antorchas,(a magazine tract), then we went to the children's home, and took stamps and paper along for them to make cards. Before long they were stamping themselves, then stamping each other, until it turned into a stamp war. Some the children were just taking ink pads and rubbing them all over people.
After the children's home we had a hose fight, changed, and then went out to eat for supper.
Oct 9 Met the people from Malpaisillo at the bottom of Cerro Negro, and hiked that all morning.
Came back to church had lunch and 2hr. Of Personal time. We had church in the evening.
Oct 10 All the people from Malpaisillo came in again to eat breakfast, then we all went to Central park to get money exchanged, then went to tour the cathedral. That was really cool to see. We went up on the roof, and it was just amazing up there! I was having too much fun and forgot to get pictures, sorry, maybe next time! After that, we split into groups. Our group went material shopping, toured the market, went souveneir shopping, and out to eat. We all met back at the trucks, then came to the church, quickly changed, and headed off to the beach. The waves were pretty big and it was kind of scary, but fun. We went back to the church, had supper, and played games, (any one want to play steal?😄) the rest of the evening
Oct11 Kind of a lazy morning. We didn't do all that much, then went to the guys' house for supper and had chicken over the fire. It was really good! We just hung out, and Delmar played a few songs on the guitar.
Oct 12 The group left bright and early. (miss you all!)
Oct 13 Experienced my first earthquake! I was in bed, and Amber came over and told me to get out of my room. I wasn't sure what was going on! Then we went and watched the telephone poles outside our windows shake.. kind of a weird feeling. We can't get out very easily because there are too many doors and locks, so we weren't sure what to do. 😷 Later we found out it was a 7.4..eek!
Oct19 The youth were at our place for the evening. We hung out, played games, and ate food.☺
Oct 20 Out friend Yessenia's grandma passed away... it hadn't even been a month since her grandpa died! It was really hard for her and her cousins, because their grandparents rasied them, and were like their parents.. Please pray for them!
Oct 25 We took a friend out for her birthday.
She has got to be one of the sweetest girls I know!
Oct 28 Helped to tear down our friend's house, because she wasnt getting along with a neighbor, and she moved just a couple houses down the road. It was a lot of fun, but I have never seen a house with soooo much junk, it was crazy! We found mice, scorpions, and a whole ant farm under a picture on her wall... I picked it up, and huge ants and all of their eggs fell out left and right!😜It took all day to tear the house apart. She even wanted the cement pillers taken out😄... Please pray for Luz and her daughter Tanya.
Well that was my month of October! Sorry I got this out soo late. Thanks for all your prayers and support- it means a lot! Please continue to pray for the church down here.. We really need it. Don't forget to come visit! God bless! Genessa
