July 27, 2010

Hola family and friends,

Today is our 6th day here in Guatemala! We are literally dripping wet as we are typing this beacuse it is raining...again. Today was a typical morning here at NPH starting with breakfast at 8:00. We were lucky enough to be served two good breakfasts in a row. We chowed down scrambled eggs with ham, beans, a roll of bread and a cookie. Afterwards we went our seperate ways to our designated jobs. Maintenance worked outside varnishing the brick buildings. Kitchen people cut up canteloupe and carrots along with other various kitchen duties. Gardening weeded the onion patch for about an hour till it started raining endlessly. Special needs workers played with the kids for the whole morning and people in the Montessori room worked on decorating and organizing. When everyone finished around noon we took a stroll down to Parramos (a town nearby the orphanage). We walked around looking for American snacks but failed. As we were leaving we smelled a delicous bakery across the street and decided to check it out. Once we got a whiff of the sweet smelling bread we could not resist and we also could not turn down the cheap price. Some of us got a dozen rolls for 4 Q which is about 60 cents. We returned back to the orphanage just in time for lunch which only a few actually went to. The rest of us took a break for an hour and a half till it was time to watch the kids´ orchestra play. After that we went to the girls house to do some fun activities. It is about 5:30 right now and we are pretty much chilling until supper at 6. Once we are done with supper we will gather in our clinic room to have our meeting then hear an orphan´s story. After that we will pretty much hit the hay because of our long day ahead of us. Hope all is well back in Minnesota! We miss you and the weather very much and can´t wait to see you in four days!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAVE STICHA FROM YOUR PALS DOWN IN GUATEMALA!!!!!!!
(You dont look a day over 60!)

Kellie, Katelyn and Jackie


P.S. (funny story)

Paulina was walking back to the clinic by herself yesterday when a volunteer said to her in Spanish "Shouldnt you be in school right now?" Paulina panicked and didnt want to embarrass her so she replied "Si!" and walked away quickly. She casually walked into our room and the first thing she said was "Some chick thought I was an orphan". It was our joke of the day and possibly the whole trip!