Friday morning in Nicaragua

The birds are seranading as I sit on the verandah at El Ayudante this morning.   After our morning devotional and breakfast, we will head out to see a volcano and go to a market on our way to Managua to our hotel for the night.  Our flight is early in the morning so we are spending the night in a hotel near the airport. 

We had a dedication of the Garcia's new kitchen yesterday afternoon and the construction team did a masterful job!  It is so special to see this family with these children working toward being reunited as a family, with the mother having a way to support them.  They are so proud of it and it was a joy to do this for them.

After lunch yesterday, the children from the home came over in small groups and "shopped" for clothing from the items that we brought. They were so cute! It was such fun to help them select and to share this time with them.  Everyone here is so grateful for what they have.  These children are "Bill's children" and he is very protective and loves them so much-it is such a beautiful thing to see.  The difference in each of their lives is so apparent.  Truly you see Jesus in his and Theresa's eyes and hearts.  They left last night to go to the USA for the first time in a couple of years .  Their son is getting married next week and so they flew out this morning and he left us in the good hands of Nestor. The whole staff at El Ayudante could not be nicer, more friendly, and more helpful.  We cannot praise them enough.  They have made our team feel special as I am sure they do each team that comes.  However, they did say that this was the best organized team that they have ever had which made us feel proud!  They assured us they will not forget the ants!We taught our translators to say "War Eagle " yesterday and gave them Auburn hats which was a lot of fun. 
We cleaned out all our trunks and got everything packed up for our trek today  and some even had a rousing game of Mexican dominoes.