And there was evening and there was morning the second day...

Greetings from Guatemala... Today was an amazing day. After breakfast we returned to the daycare center we visited yesterday(Actually "daycare center" is inaccurate, more like a hut in the dirt complete with chickens raoming about.) to build a play area for the kids. I learned why I do not dig holes for a living. We ended up digging 6 instead of 4 because I lined them up wrong. My only excuse is my degree is in Macroeconomics, not hole digging. Eventually, we finished piecing together a playground from scraps on a broken one. We gave it a fresh coat of paint (many colors), and the kids are going to love it. It really doesn't take much to make them smile, and you should see their smiles! :) I know I have taken at least a hundred pictures. After finishing the play area, we returned to the Mission House for lunch. All was well until Carrie spit an avocado pit into the pot of chicken! I have never seen her blush like that. Pity I did not have the camera ready! After our little mishap at lunch, we went to a school to teach the children the story of Jesus and the little children. We had a puppet show for them, and I was Jesus. We had over 200 kids in attendance. After the puppet show we sang songs, danced and made puppets. It was a blast. The kids sang a few songs for us. It was wonderful, albeit quite warm. 200+ kids in one room, and Sheryle... Need I say more? Once our work was done, I returned to my room, greeted the creepy crawlies, and took a nice cold (really cold) shower. Almost drank the water (that would be bad). Settling in before dinner, where we willl be greeted by the anngriest parrot in Central America, Paco. Hasta la vista, amigos! Eric Sitarski