Another day at "La Playa"

Hello all! This is Christian signing in here. Jeremy decided to call in the poet to get things going for today. So lets all buckle are seat belts and enjoy another day in Ecuador!

This morning started off right! Jorge has given us, once again, his Ecuadorian delicacy-two slices of fabulous french toast! Us Canadians really appreciate this treat and I'm sure all other Canadians will hereafter. So with bellies full we ready ourselves for the last full day with the kids.

The beginning of the day involved some work projects that we needed to get done. One of the projects, which was to hang a bathroom door ended in disaster. Jeremy (LIAR, LIAR, LIAR - J here) forgot to tell me to put more screws in the hinges before we left, so in the wee hours of the night, the door game crashing down. Now some would say "but Christian aren't YOU the carpenter in this party, shouldn't you have remembered! " Rightly said, however..............um...........I was........uhhhhh........... well the door turned out to be slightly rotten, so a new door was needed anyways! Ahem, moving on. The other projects during the day involved, making a shutter for a window, sanding planks and things for signs, hanging the sea turtle sign with the name of the orphanage on it, painting the work room. Also, we finished and set up the wonderful Nativity scenes that my padre y madre made. THANK YOU PARENTS! They really loved them. It was nice to get a bunch of things done today. Regretfully there is still so much more work needed to be done. I wish we had more time to fix it all. Pray that help comes though as doing these construction projects can be a little stressful, as there are lots.

After the work it was time for play and we got a chance to hang out with the kids. For some of you that already now. I was planning on getting all of the kids hand prints stamped on my guitar. Well it is done. My guitar looks awesome. With help from Amanda and my sister, we got all there handprints in their favorite colour as well as there names and favorite bible verses written down. I love it. It will help me to always remember to pray for the kids when I'm back, as well as remind others of how amazing these kids are.

Basically in the afternoon the plan was to go to the beach again! But here you often have to "hurry up and wait." Waiting however involved, rat-tails, kids jumping off there bunks, locking the "Monstair", me, in a broom closet, Dutch Blitz, and many more quirky fun things. Eventually we ended up getting down to the beach. We piled the kids and ourselves into two pick up trucks, and with a bumpy, loco, ride we made it down. Much like the last time at the beach we hit some waves, watched waves hit some kids and just laughed and played and laughed some more. I tried to surf, but the waves were totally way too big dudes. It was an awesome couple hours too just spend with these kids. Every moment you cherish.

After the beach we all piled in the trucks to return to the orphanage. I was in Allans and he decided to take us on a lovely scenic route. Which turned out to be 12 people holding on for dear life. San Larenzo ain't no praiere land! But we fought to stay aboard, and made it to the orphange sweet and sound! Although with a few bumps and bruises. We ended up just saying "Hasta Luego" to the kids as we are going back up at night for there devotions.

The time to spend with this kids is winding down. We have tonight and tommorrow morning. Its amazing how quickly you can fall in love! We have only been here for 2 weeks and I'm going to miss them sooooo much. I know it will be hard for us to leave but I'm excited. I'm excited because I know God made this trip happen for a reason. I'm excited to see what the future holds for me with this place and for the rest of my family. As well as coming home and sharing this experience with all of you. I do look forward to coming back as much as I will hate leaving, because as Jeremy said before this is a "see you later", these kids have made there way into my heart, and I want to keep them there forever. Thank you all for your support, for your prayer and for taking the time to read this blog. We love you all!

C (for the team)

J here...man my little bro did a good job! He's so grown up! It's hard to believe! Especially when he blames the door hanging incident on his older, wiser, much more 'guapo' brother! Tomorrow when we are back in Quito I will post the spider picture! Peace!