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Buenos Nochas! Wow this week has been a whirlwind. I cant write everything but dont worry- one of these days I'll give you a day to day update. I've been keeping a journal so i can just type everything from there and not forget everything!
Ok, so I'm known as the "painter" here. They need alot of that done so ya, as I said before I've been covered in paint since the minute I got here. It's been extremely crappy weather here, its been raining like crazy- pouring. Its rainy season and a hurricane is lingering off Honduras and we're getting all the leftovers. So ya, the mural I started the other day is capoot- or was untill an hour ago when i repainted it (for the third time) after Dad and Mr. Caudill set up a tarp tent. Lol. It was really frusturating though because all the wet paint would just wash off with the rain. Been soaked the the bone all day because I've been trying to finish it.
To add to that when it is pouring we've been painting more murals in a house with 12 girls ranging from 8-14. We've painted like every room with some sort of mural- heck its been like extreme home makeover. So, lets see, between Mrs. Caudill, Mom, Mackenzie and I, with the help of my sisters have done six murals in the past 24 hours. ya, weve been busy
Dad and Mr.Caudill have been busy constructing bookshelves, fixing bikes for the toddlers (who are the cutest things EVER) and fixing plumbing.
Ok so the food here is AMAZING! Its like really good. Ya.
So the most amazing (been using that word alot) thing happened tonight. Sara told us that the staff wanted to pray over us before we left and to come to the staff meeting at 7. So we go upstairs and they all start clapping for us. Then, as we're standing there they stand up and thank us individually for what we did this week. You gotta understand that they have groups coming in every couple days and dont do this for each one so it's a huge privilege. They then pray for us, surrounding us. We all ended up in tears, hugging everyone we saw. It was such an indescribable feeling.
The kids here are so priveleged to be at Casa Bernabe. Since its not government funded theres no regulations that they have to fufill so the living spaces are much more comfortable and so on. Some of these kids have gone through more then any of us could possibly imagines. This place is a fortress for them.
Little miracles have happened every day here, whether its being able to witness a toddlers leg cast being taken off and watching him walk for the first time in 7 weeks or having a church youth group of over 300 people come and throw a party for the kids. Ok, need to elaborate on that because that was amazing (see theres that word again). So we have no idea why these people came to Casa Bernabe, we just happened to walk in the building and there was this huge party going on. I mean literally the place was packed.
So, after the party the pastor of the church is speaking to the crowd (it really was a crowd, like 400 people at a minimum) in spanish, and of course we have no idea what he's saying. Then he turns to us and in a thick accent says "WE thank you from the very bottom of our hearts. Without you this orphanage would not be possible. God has truly blessed Casa Bernabe with you coming here." It was flooring; we totally were'nt expecting it. He then goes on in Spanish for a while, then calls all of us up to the front of the room with some of Casa Bernabe staff. Then, after some more words that I didnt understand to the audience they all stretched out hteir hands and started praying for us.
Now its not like how we pray for a person during church in the states. They all said their own prayer- all at the same time- and aloud. Swarming us, they put our hands on us and were literally yelling at the sky. I didnt know what they were saying but it was so amazing. It cant be described but I could just feel for a moment that the spiritual warfare around the orphanage halted and a titanum wall was protecting that building. God was in the room and Kenzie agreed that you could feel Him surrounding you. Was indescribable. It was definently a miracle moment.
Wow, what was supposed to be a short blog turned into a really really long blog. Please pray that the weather shapes up here and we can continue with our original plan, that Tatum (whose been sick today) gets well, and that this place is blessed more then it already is (if it is even possible). Ok, so Kenzies lingering over my shoulder waiting to go so ya. Talk to you soon hopefully!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!
SMILES!!!!
~M~
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