Sunday with the Orphans

For church, this morning, we drove out about an hour to an orphanage a couple of towns over. A couple and their three kids run an orphanage of about 20 children. They have a small church service there every Sunday. There was a time of preaching, which allowed all of us to get in more Spanish practice, but my favorite part was when all of the orphans got up and sang. Hearing twenty little voices, all with tragic and sad backgrounds, lifted up to praise God, was truly a treat.After the service, we played around with the kids till lunch time. We bounced them on their trampoline, played soccer, taught "pato, pato, gonzo" (duck, duck, goose), and in general just laughed and had a good time with them. Those kids soak up love and attention like sponges. It was hard to leave them, but we are going back there tomorrow to play with them again, so it wasn't too bad!We spent the rest of the afternoon/evening cleaning up last week's jungle gear and planing out next week's jungle supplies. We also just had some time to spend together as a team and regroup for next week's new challenges and demands.Several of us were talking about the fact that we have only been down here for ONE WEEK! That seems so strange, considering all that has been accomplished over the last seven days. But when we serve such an amazing God, ANYTHING is possible. I am greatly looking forward to all that God has in store for us for the next week.Ruth Fox, for the Global Encounters medical team