A Day in the Life....

Yesterday (Melissa sent this last night) we went to the Tuesday market for our second class of spanish. It is basically a whole ton of people trying to sell...well...everything. That was pretty cool. Then we went to the orphanage at 6, and no more that 10min after we got there a really bad storm arrived. So we stayed outside in a patio type thing were we could stay dry without actually going indoors. There were only 4 girls there. While we were there, a lady came, I think her name was Blanca, and her husband came later with a little girl from the orphanage: Juanita. We were trying to communicate with her, and here's what I got: She is praying to be Juanita's mom. (We talked to Tom's wife Lu about it, and she says that Juanita is one of the few girls that are up for adoption.) So they packed her up a new suitcase, and gave her some clean clothes, and then they were going to go back to their house after they ate. (Dennis: they were having apple's and banana's for dinner Monday night, and Tuesday night they had cereal and bananas). One of the younger girls (Dulce) was having her 3rd birthday party sometime soon. She had a party dress. It was white, with pink flowers on it, and she wore a hoop skirt. It was really cute! Then we went home. When we got home, the power was out and so we ate dinner, and did our homework by candle light. Mrs. Kathleen told us that while she was at the school lightning struck that put all the power out. It was right across the street from the school. Then today after our classes we went to the animal shelter. We went with a lady that helps out with the cats. There was one kitten that was really pretty, and was a definite lap cat. She will get adopted out fast. But there was one adult cat, that I really want. The only one that I would really want to get. All the others were really sweet and nice and cute, but this one was really special. She has been there for about 6 months, and all of her siblings have already been adopted out. She is mostly white with 3 or 4 black splotches on her. She is only $25 too. (hint hint mom and dad... :o)... ) We didn't go to the orphanage today because it started raining, and we didnt think the 30min drive would be worth it just to sit and watch TV with them inside. So we helped out with an English class for the younger kids at the school. Then we made these really cute paper flowers for the 4 girls that are at the orphanage right now. Keep up the prayers.