I am not going to post any pics today - long day today and again tomorrow...

We left for Panajachel early this morning, ate lunch at a indigenious Mayan restaurant, and arrived at the orphanage at approx. 12:30 pm. We spent about 2 hours loving some of the most beautiful children I have ever seen ranging in age from 8 months to 9 years of age. It didn't take long for the children to walk up to us, hold up their arms, and gather themselves into our hearts... Buddy made some fast friends and we had hundreds of bubbles flying through the air for the children to pop.

Many of us had two children at one time sitting on our laps just wanting some attention. There were two 4 year old twin sisters who were were losing their older sister to adoption (her future adopted parents didn't want the sisters.

The orphanage was located on the top of a mountain with a breathtaking view of Lake Atitlan overlooked by three volcanoes, but as we left, we were silent, thinking of the children, and wishing we could take them with us.

We stopped in the marketplace, shopped, ate supper, and drove home through some of the thickest fog I have seen. If you were praying for us at around 8 or 9 pm our time, you were instrumental in keeping us safe from a near accident in the fog.

Thank your for your prayers and keep praying.

Tomorrow, Pastor Phil and I have a pastor's meeting at 7:00 am.
Everyone else will meet us there and we will all go for lunch at the Lott's home, and proceed to another womens meeting at a small Mayan Indian village church.

We will show many more pictures at the missions team service on July 12th.