last group...

i apologize it's been a while since i written last. it's been a really busy week since returning from guatemala last monday. i am currently housesitting for a friend while she is in the States working with the church who supports her for a month. Amber coordinates groups from oklahoma christian university from this end and also works with a church/ youth group here in tegus. her house is located about 10 minutes from the clinic and also where the new mall is being built- it supposedly is the largest mall in central america- but it seems like they say that about every mall down here. house-sitting here is a little different. the landlord denied she owns the house when i had to call her about sistern overflowing. it has gotten so bad that water had started coming into the house. not so pleasant. she is sending someone to fix it today- sometime. she asked me to stay in the house all day since she didn't know a time to tell me. really? that would never go over in the states! the culture/ customs are a little crazy here. oh, well. we'll see if anyone actually comes today. the last group of the summer arrived on saturday. the majority of the group is from furman univeristy. saturday- we packed food bags to give out on the brigades. sunday- they went to pedregal church and the to play with kids at a orphage. i went to la vega church since they were having a special lunch to raise money for the upcoming holiday- Children's Day. it's a huge ordeal down here. block parties on every street. the people are amazed when i tell them that we don't celebrate children's day in the states- since it seems that every day is kids' day. yesterday we had a medical/ dental/ hair-cutting brigade in the community of El Zamorano at the children's home Jovenes en Camino. in the medical clinic we saw around 105 patients. i'm not so sure about the other areas of the brigade since i mainly translated the whole time. it was a good day. there are 2 visiting docs with the furman group from dallas. they are here on a scoping trip about future trips to come to the clinic. today, i am waiting, waiting, waiting.
i don't know what the weather is where you are- but here it is in the middle of raining season. it hasn't been too bad this year so far but i have seen more rainbows than ever before in the last few weeks. have you ever just stared at a rainbow? i can't help but think about God's promise to us his children. i truly know that i am not alone and can't even imagine to gasp at what he has planned- his beauty and his creavitity. it is a sign to me that i need to be the person- the Christian that needs me to be. in this great city, an honest person is hard to find- sad to say- but especially with the brothern as well. it's a sad occurance but it drives me to what to be an example. well, i better go. the freeze went out so i have to go cook the chicken i bought. Dios les bendiga! erin