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Journals Tuesday Maddi Hancock: Hey everybody, Today was the Awesome! We woke up, at 6:00 AM, and went down for breakfast then it was off to Potter’s House for their presentation and so they could tell us about everything we would be doing that day. The first thing we did was go on a tour of the City where I saw one of the most impacting things I’ll see this entire trip, the overlook at the dump. It was so sad to see hundreds of “scavengers” swarming around piles of trash for food for their families. I took lots of pictures so don’t worry =]. Today we visited a “community” and helped build them a stucco wall to protect their houses from the rain. I met sooooo many kids but the 2 that were practically connected to my hip were Erica and Jacqulline. The one thing more impacting then looking at the dump was looking into these little girls eyes as they gave me a hug good bye. I can tell this trip is going to be amazing and I can’t wait to write to you about the next few days. Love you mommy =] Torie Schaefer Hey everyone. Today was great. We started out at the dumps where there was 200-300 dump trucks lined up to dump all the waste while to scavengers were looking for useful trash. Then we started stuccoing a wall and filling up a big whole with dirt in one of the nearby communities. Then we went back to potters house to have lunch. It was delicious. Then we went back to the communities and then some of us started bonding with the little kids. They were all learning their English so we helped them with that. Later on this little girl that I meet gave me one of her own necklace for my birthday. It was adorable. Then I had a full conversation about family, school, church, God, and so much more all in Spanish with these two 11 year old boys. I was so glad I talked all that much in Spanish J I hope tomorrow will be just as good. Continue to pray. With love: Torie Brantley Radulski Hey hey hey to everyone that is reading this!!! Today was a lot of fun but pretty tiring…first we went to potters house and we met the people that run it and played a game in Spanish so we could work on your language and get to know each other better…then we went to go and over look the dumps because we weren’t allowed to actually go into the dumps. After we went back to potters house and we had lunch and got ready for our work project..we scrapped down this huge wall to make it smooth so that we could put stuck-o on it and tomorrow we are going to paint it and put some sort of mural on it for the community. We got to come home at 4 and take showers and all that good stuff and we had a pretty scrum-diddily-umptious dinner!!!! So if our computer is working tomorrow then read the journal! I love you all…and I miss my parents and Nolan and Theresa and Sabrina and mike and of course lil b!!! I love and miss you all like CRAZZZZYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE…BRANTLEY!!!!!! Gianna Pacini Hey everyone! Today we met the people at Potter’s House and we got to see the city dumps. We worked on a wall for a community around here. I got to stand on a scaffold and stucco the wall. Me and Brantley had a sword fight with the trowels. It was hard work but it was really cool to see our progress. I got a chance to practice my Spanish talking to a little girl. Everything is going good and I can’t Garrett Slocum Hello dad, Karean, Morgan, Brain, Daegen, Jayden, and my dog Syruss, and Zach. Bye! Josh Ruelas Hey mom and pops I love you and miss you im having fun so far J tell jake and Jordan and abue that I miss them. Hey babe I love you only a couple days left I miss you im always thinking about you love you talk to you later. Kevin Wunderly Whats happenin, life is pretty good down here in Guatemala. I have been having a good time working, ha ha, anyways I miss you guys and I will talk to you later. Lauren Davis Hola! Yes, I have been practicing my Spanish. =) Today was a lot of fun. First we got a tour of where we were going to be working and got to overlook the dumps. It was definitely eye opening. Later we started to work. We are working on a wall that surrounds one of the communities. It was hard scraping the concrete off, but it was worth it. After lunch we went back to work and some of us got the chance to play with the kids. It was my favorite part of the day=) The kids were great and very welcoming. We also practiced our Spanish while they practiced their English. It was pretty helpful. Well I am already pretty tired so pray we all keep up our energy! I love you mom, dad, and sissy. Oh and Vanessa. Ha ha. Everything is going good and I’m having so much fun! Chelsea Revel- HELLO!!!!!!! Guatemala is FANTASTIC!! I AM ALIVE!! Leslie!- Maddi is alive too =) Mom- I love you and I miss you sooooo much! (And NO I’m not lying). Mom, I am actually home sick. These two trips have broken my heart of stone. Don’t freak out I’m very safe!! I’ll show you my pictures when I get back! K love ya!! Dad- Padre te encanta!! I miss TEA and SALAD!!! Already. Yea pathetic. But your boo is safe! Everyone is really nice and I’m pretty sure you won’t need to come get me down here. I love you Daddy. Zack- Dude!! You need to do this in High School!! It’s such an out-of-body experience! But it is so worth getting involved!! Daisy, Darla, and Maggie- I don’t miss you in the least BIT!! Mwahahahaha Horan Clan- I love you all!! Thanks so much for taking me to Oregon!! Megan…. Have fun shopping without me!! Woodcocks!- I’m found a little baby boy today!!! And Tovani’s- I miss you guys, Masalicious, Arm Pit girl, my kenzie and dyleee =) Hi Aunt T. Love you so much! See you when I get back!! Holly Fotch Hey there to all my loved ones and to everyone reading this letter. I miss all my friends and my daddy. And my dog Tyson. And my cat noodles. Which daddy I hope to see her when I come back :). Anyways… today was an amazing day. I played with kids like half the day. Tested my Spanish skills. I should have worked on that a little more cause im realizing its pretty important down here. I saw the dump today too. I cant even go through my trash so I cant even imagine. But over time you probably get used to everything. I love how all the kids here just welcome you and want you by your side. I think I could be with them all day! Well I thank god we all are safe and made it through the day. Every day is a gift and im hoping ill make it through tomorrow! Well again I love you all! Cant wait to see you, though I probably wont want to leave! Larissa Pontius Hi everybody, how are things back home? Well, I guess you can’t answer that so never mind. Things are going really well here in Guatemala. Today I learned how to mix concrete but once it was mixed I could barely lift the shovel. Between that and transferring dirt all day with wheelbarrows I am going to sleep really well tonight. We went to the overlook of the dump and it was really sad. But when we went to potter’s house and were playing with the kids they were adorable. I didn’t realize how much the kids craved attention and love. Well I am tired. Love you all! Good night. Sarah D’Amico Hello everyone! Hi Matthew, Katie, Andrew, and Tim. Everything is going great here! The food is way better than I expected (thank the lord!) Today we did some labor. It was pretty fun. There was this HUGE wall that we worked on. Let’s just say my muscles will be sore tomorrow! The best part of my day was when I was walking down the street, this little girl I didn’t even know came up to me and gave me this gigantic hug. I started to pull away and she just kept squeezing me. She was pretty much adorable… tomorrow is going to be a pretty big day so I better go to sleep. Bye! I miss you all! (Katey, Kristen, Molly, Kayla FK don’t do anything too drastic while I’m gone!) Kaylee Cabral Hey everyone at home. Kaylee doesn’t know what to write so Sarah will write for her. Kaylee was amazing today with her swimmer muscles. She was lifting buckets and wheelbarrows like no tomorrow. She missed her friends and family, and can’t wait to see them when she comes home. Bye for now.
Journals Wednesday KATHLEEN FOTCH Stick out your tongue! Do you have a fever? Do you have Diaherea? Those are the phrases I learned in Spanish yesterday from a Spanish/English dictionary. The kids thought I was LOCO. Have we only been here one day? I didn’t get a chance to write yesterday (I let the kids go first) Gosh, my time was spent trying to communicate with the children. Everyone is getting along sooooo well and weather and sleep are good. Everyone’s eating the food so far too. Not as bland as before. Parents don’t worry, students are safe and having a great time. They are amazing hard workers (for the first day!) Love ya Howard a lot, a lot, a lot, try and call me if you can, I think my phone is working, I have signal here. Not that I will have it with me though most of the time. Brantley Radulski Hey everyone!!! So today was good…I didn’t get hurt!! (yay me!) but we were finishing spacling the wall today and I dropped a huge glob on one of the Guatemalan workers and I said sorry but then Sammie (our leader) tried to sell me to one of them for 10 goats…and then for about 1 min they were talking about me and staring at me like they were really going to do it, it was hilarious but at the same time I was scared..haha…everything else was good though we got to work with the little kids at their vbs and I got pictures with some of the locals so you can all see when I get home, we got to go to the local market too and of course we all got junk but the currency is really cool ( you guys can see my left over when I get home also)..well that’s about it for today, really really really miss you all…A LOT. And I really love you all…A LOT. Shout out to my family (of course) Theresa, Sabrina, Nolan, mike, and lil b!!! I miss you all!!!! Love, Brantley! =) Chelsea Revel HOLA!!! Well, today I got to speak a little Spanish with the kids. We had VBS and we played soccer. It was oober fun. I love everyone and I miss you all so much!! I’m so excited to tell you all of my stories when I get back! MWA! And Leslie- Maddi is alive!! Torie Schaefer Today was great. We finished the wall. I got stucco ALL over my clothes but it was worth it. I did redeemer today in front of a lot of people….. it was very hard for me not to laugh. Then we did VBS. It was great except there playing soccer and I could not because of my foot. L. So I made myself the photographer of the day. Then we went on a prayer walk where we went to house and talked to family with a translator. It really made me appreciate what we had. I am having I great time and I growing great friendships with everybody on the trip. It is great. Please pray for amazing and memorable times. Love Torie Larissa Pontius Today we went to some houses and passed out food and talked to people about Jesus. It was kind of depressing, but I did learn a lot. We also did a vbs at potter’s house and that was fun to play soccer and some other things with the kids. Well I am going to go to bed. Garrett Slocum Sorry mom about yesterday it was a joke not saying hi to you I know it ruined your day, if it makes you feel better everybody said I was mean. But… it was funny, well Guatemala is fun but a lot of work but I like it. The funniest thing was playing futbol with the kids, I was amazing. It was fun and im looking forward to the rest of the week. Bye, you better walk my dog. Holly fotch :) Hey everybody again. I still miss all my friends and family. And my dog and cat still. Still cant wait to see you guys! Well I survived another day, another gift from god. Today was an amazing day. I stucko-ed a wall. First time ive ever done that. Yay! And we did a prayer walk which was very fun. And we helped with vbs. Which also was amazing cause I love all the little kids that just surround you. Well ill see you guys soon! :) Lauren Davis Hey everyone! I can’t really sum up my day in a paragraph. Today was amazing. We did so much but I loved it. I think I am so tired that I don’t even realize it. Hopefully we will go to sleep on time tonight. So I LOVE the kids here. I wanted to take them home with me. I miss all of my friends and family but once again it is so worth it being here. We are all working very hard but we don’t seem to notice or complain because the people here are so sweet and thankful. I’m excited to share more stories when I get home! Love you all=) Kevin Wunderly Hey whats up, everything is going good here. I had to do redeemer today, it was pretty crazy. I love you guys and I will see you when I get back. Gianna Pacini Hello! Today was a great day. We worked on the wall more and finished with the stucco. I fell off the scaffold but I wasn’t really hurt so no worries. After lunch we went on a prayer walk to pass out food and talk to people in one of the communities. It was a really cool experience but it was also really sad to see how little they have and the problems they are faced with every day. Next, we ran a VBS for the kids. I loved being able to spend time with them and show them how much we care for them. We have one more day with Potter’s House then we will be doing other things. I’m excited to see what else God has for us. Please keep praying for our safety and health. I love you all and I can’t wait to see you when I get home. Love, Gianna Maddi Hancock Hey Californians! I’m last tonight so I don’t have that much time but I just wanted to tell everybody that I love them and that I’m still alive mom =] Hey can you also tell Meg to read this when she gets back so she knows what’s going on to. Thanks. Hey daddy just wanted to say hi to you too I love you so much. Me amo <3 Kaylee Cabral Hey everybody! Today was an amazing day. We stuccoed a wall and that was a lot of fun. Then we had VBS with the kids and did different activities with them and it was a blast. They have so little but are full of joy. We also did a prayer walk and that was a cool experience and also very sad to see how they live. Keep praying for health and safety and I’m excited to see what God has in store for the rest of the trip. Love you all, Kaylee Kelley What an amazing experience we are having in Guatemala. We spent the morning finishing the stucco on the outside wall to many of the homes of the people in the community we are serving. We also had to move big piles of sand and rock. Everyone is working hard and there is a great sense of unity among the group. The people who live here are scavengers at the dump. The things they collect and consider valuable, are garbage to us. They are so grateful for our help. To honor our coming, they let off fire crackers in the street. The children are friendly and are constantly looking for hugs and affection. They crave physical touch, as most of them don’t get it from their parents. After lunch we went to deliver food (beans, rice, oil, flour) to a different “community”near the dump. We prayed for each family and their needs. Most families live in tiny 2-room houses, with several children, 1 mattress to sleep on, animals roaming around, garbage on the floor, and flies everywhere! I can’t begin to describe the sights, sounds, and smells we encountered. My heart was broken for these people. Still, we are able to see God at work here and it was a blessing to be of encouragement to them. After our prayer walk, we went back to Potter’s House and spent time with the kids doing VBS activities. It was a little chaotic, but fun to see the smiles and receive so many hugs and kisses. Thank you for your prayers. The weather has been good, raining at night, clear during the day. Everyone is healthy. We look forward to seeing what God has planned for the days ahead. Hi Tim, Andrew, Matthew and Katie. We miss you and love you so much! - Mom Journals Thursday Kevin Wunderly Today was our final day working with Potters House. It was pretty much amazing to play with all the kids, but then we had to go, that was pretty sad. I’m not ganna lie today was the best day yet. But we still have more to come, so please keep on praying for me. Later! Garrett Slocum Today was fun except I hate painting, after lunch all we did was play soccer with my friends Jonathen and Juan. I almost hate making those relationships because it sucked to say goodbye because today was our last day. All of them kept telling me “Proximo Ano” which meant next year, so will see if they remember me next year if I come here again. And to top it off I’ve got the worst red neck. Bye. Chelsea Revel! Hola familia! So today we finished our project and I painted a wall ALL day! MOM, you can imagine my clothes. And to top it off it was Oil Paint!! So it stayed on me all day and I became a smurf!!! But I got it off. Haha. It reminded me of the garage. I love all you guys! Have fun without me!! But know that im having fun too! Love you, Boo Josh Ruelas Hey family I miss you guys I love you very much. I had fun these past days I’ve been playing soccer with the little kids. They are hecka good I want to take this one named Jonathan but we call him chiky with me. He gave me a hard time for wearing my Mexico jersey lol it was pretty funny. Well I love you very much and I’ll see you soon. Hey babe I miss you a lot I can’t wait to see your face mama I love you so much baby I’ll see you sum time soon during school. Don’t stop thinking about me ;) love you reina mia, talk to you later love you. Brantley Radulski Hey hey hey!!! Ok so today was amazing and upsetting at the same time. We finally finished our wall with paint and everything and it really is amazing and I felt like I’m such a huge part of it cause I honestly didn’t stop working or put down a tool in the three days that we worked (I ‘m really proud of myself ha-ha) and it was upsetting because the community that we made the wall for, we all got SUPER close to all of the kids, they were all super needy and you could just tell that they didn’t get the love that they needed in their house it was really sad and they were hanging on us crying, begging us not to go and I defiantly cried. But besides all of that it was a really good day and really fulfilling to know that not only that we made a difference to them but that they made a difference to all of us. I really can’t wait to come home cause even though we have only been here for 3 days I am really really home sick and I miss everyone SO SO SO much!!!! My family, Theresa, Sabrina, Sarah, Katie, Nolan, mike, and of course lil b!!! I love you all and miss you all…I will see you soon!!!!!!!!!!! Love love love, Brantley!! ;) Torie Schaefer Hey everyone. Today was very great. We finished the wall. I have paint ALL over my arms and hands and in my hair. And I pretty sure that it is not going to come out soon. Haha. The community gave us a group gift that was very pretty and then we got individual gifts. It was pretty sad when we left because they were all so grateful and sad that we were leaving. Tomorrow we are going to a school and talking to students. That should be fun. Please continue praying. Love Torie J Lauren Davis Hello! Today was another good day. Once again I can’t say it all in this journal because there’s too much to say, but God and the people here are teaching me many things. The people here are very welcoming and loving. Well we finished the wall today which was pretty exciting to know that we helped them in that way. Oh and Vanessa your note made me laugh today=) I was so excited to read it, even ask Holli. I love you guys! Oh and hi Taylor if you are reading this. Ha ha. Oh and love you family! And other friends reading! Holly fotch :) Hey all again. Today was pretty much very amazing. but sad at the same time. I painted a wall. And it ended up very beautiful with a cross and saying Cristo Vive which means Christ lives. And we all put our handprints on the wall. And we played with the kids but it was our last day to see them so that was very sad. But this one girl Jacklin gave me and maddie and my mom each letters saying that we were a gift from god and were beautiful and we are her best friends. And she spelt my name jali since that’s how it sounds in Spanish. And a kid gave me lip gloss. And I also got earings and a braclet which surprises me how giving they are when they have nothing! So leaving them was very difficult to do. But I will hopfully see them some day again! And I miss all my friends and family and dog and cat. And I love you guys :) Gianna Pacini Hey! Everything is still going good. I can’t believe how quickly this trip has gone so far. I love being here and getting to know the people. Today we had to say goodbye to the children we’ve spent the last 3 days with, which was really hard. It made me realize how much they appreciate us being here just spending time with them. I have definitely learned a lot from them and I can’t wait to spend more time with children here. Well…that’s all for now. Please pray for us as we are stretched in new ways. I love you guys. Love, Gianna Journals Friday Kathleen Fotch Today was a day of highs and lows. My high was when I had a “Gaylene” moment at the Lord’s Kitchen when one of the workers came up to me and prophesied a blessing over my life. She lifted her hands and Bible and just spoke a mighty prayer of blessing over me. Then she started singing a song over me. I was so lucky to have our translator right next to me when this happened. Then a while later she came up to me again and blessed me again with Samy to interpet. I can’t tell you how those words really gave me strength to persevere in my walk with the Lord at this time in my life. My low was pretty low though. Tori and I really lost it in a flood of tears and actually had to leave for a moment to take a breath and regroup. There were just too many homeless babies around tonight. After holding baby after baby that smelled like pee because all of the clothes and blankets were soiled, we finally couldn’t stand it anymore. The final straw was when we were asking the parents if they wanted to change their baby because it was crying so much. They said the baby wasn’t crying because of the wet and poopy diaper, it was because they hadn’t fed the 6 month old in two days because they didn’t have any money and she wasn’t nursing the baby either. Please pray for little Louis and his family. There life is obviously pretty tough. Love to you all, especially Howard mi Amour. Kaylee Cabral Today was full of different experiences. We went to a school and visited different classrooms and split up in groups and talked to them. A lot of the older kids knew English and that was really cool because we could communicate to them very well. I could’ve stayed there all day and talked to them. Then later today we went to the Lord’s Kitchen and served people that are either homeless or have addictions, etc. It was a cool experience but very hard because it was hard to talk to them and challenging sometimes. All the people had so many needs and it was just heartbreaking to see them. Everyone here has so much love to give to everyone and it’s amazing to see it. Please pray for all the people here and for continued God experiences. Love to all of you, Kaylee Larissa Pontius Today was one of the hardest experiences in my life. We went to a place called Lord’s Kitchen and it is a place that feeds homeless people. Our job was basically to serve the people their food and to pray with the people. I already have a hard time confronting people and to confront someone that you have never met and that can’t understand what you are saying is hard. About halfway through my time there I was praying for two men (through a translator) who live on the streets and just a couple of days ago who had witnessed a friend of theirs be stabbed and murdered. That hit me hard, I can’t imagine seeing my best friend be murdered. Well, I miss all of you and if you get the chance you should pray for those men. I miss you mom, dad, Michael, Kelsey, heather, alexia, thunder. I will see you soon. Sarah D’Amico Hi everyone. Sorry I haven’t written in a while. Today was an amazing day. In the morning when we went to the school, a few of us did a puppet show. Our Spanish wasn’t very good, but the kids loved it! After the puppet show we went to the classrooms and talked to the kids and made salvation bracelets with them. One of the best parts of my day was when a little girl I talked to gave me a note saying, “You are a good friend, God bless you, you are beautiful and thanks for coming here XOXO.” It totally made my day. In the afternoon we went to a feeding center. There we were supposed to serve, talk, and pray with the people. This was one of the biggest challenges I have faced on this trip. It was really hard to just walk up to people and ask them if you can pray for them. I was pushed way out of my comfort zone and I was so glad I was. I learned so much. The people here have amazing stories and I can’t believe how fortunate I am to have a home, clothes, and food to eat on a daily basis. I am really hoping that when I come back home, I will have the courage to pray with people and share my faith as I did today. Miss you and love you Matthew, Katie, Tim, and Andrew! Maddi Hancock: Hey guys today was super fun we went to a school and got to talk to people my own age which was cool to learn about their culture. Also me, Sarah, Garrett, and Chelsea… I mean Ricky Suaaaaave =] finally got to perform our puppet show we’ve been rehearsing in Spanish and it was beautiful. Lol Well mixed in with all this fun a lot of influential things happened. I’m getting quite the bracelet collection everywhere I go I get a new piece of jewelry and yesterday I even got a tube of perfume from my favorite boy Dillion. Well today was an awesome day and I’ll tell everybody more about it when I get back k? Love love love love love Torie Schaefer. Well today was very powerful to me. We started off at a Christian school and I talked to a lot of the high school students. That was very fun because they could speak very good English so it was an enjoyment to talk to them. Then we went a homeless shelter and I held all of the babies age ranging under 1 years old while their parents were eating and that was the one of the best feelings in the world. But at the same time it broke my heart. These babies have no dippers and they were getting pee all over my clothes and myself, and I did not even care. I would have honestly if I could taken them home with me and taken them as one of my family members but there was no way that would have worked. There was one other really hard thing for me with the babies were, they were screaming bloody murder not because they needed a diaper change or they had a rash but because the parents did not feed them. It broke my heart. Well I really feel those babies changed me in a great way. Please continue to pray for safety and strength. With love torie Brantley Radulski Hey everyone. So I’m going to start today’s journal with, I have never been home sick in my life but right now I am so home sick that its driving me crazy. I really honestly miss everyone so much its insane, yes of course I really love it here and it really is changing me a lot but I can’t wait to see you guys!!! Today we went to this school and we got to interact with the kids and I got assigned to work with the older ones and at first I was really nervous because in school they know English and they are fluent in it so I was scared but when we started to go I was really impressed by how much they wanted to get to know us and how jealous they are cause we were American, this one girl asked if I could bring her back with me cause her family life was so bad and I just started to cry in front of her, it was really hard to tell her that I couldn’t. Then we got to come home and I took a nap and did my personal journal and that was really nice to have a break then when I woke up we went straight to this feeding kitchen sort of like the coc but a million times worse, they whole place smelt of drugs and bowel movement, it made me sick to my stomach but you know me I kept a huge smile on my face the whole time. The people that were there were so touching and I had a translator with me at all times so I really got to interact and get to know the people and I definitely cried a lot. I didn’t know I was THIS emotional…haha…but everything is going super well and like I said I am SUPER DUPER home sick so I really really can’t wait to come home and see you all. With all the love imaginable, I love you, and miss you! Love love love, Brantley =) Chelsea Revel! Hey guys! Today was amazing!! I’m writing all about it in my journal so I can read it all to you when I get back! Good stuff! Love you bunches! Journals Monday Maddi Hancock: Hola familia y Amigos I’ve had an emotional day. We’ve had a longggggg day. We started off going to a day care in a RED ZONE (Oooooo!) Don’t worry mom it was no big deal lol. We didn’t really do anything except play with the kids and we did our puppet show… again! It was brilliant! But anyways now to the emotional stuff… I’ve woken up every single morning but not to the sound of an alarm, but to the sound of children screaming for their Mama’s, imagine hearing that all morning. So today we finally got curious enough to go over and see what was happening and we found out it was a children’s hospital. There’s a day care center attached to the hospital where parents that can’t take care of their kids can drop them off for a few months until they get better. So we went over there and played with the kids we did bubbles until there was no more! Lol But then I went down the hall to the infancy room where I saw Jesse on every face of every baby. I made the mistake of picking up one of the little girls and she stayed with me the whole time. Then they told us we had to go and I just couldn’t let go of this baby. And let me tell you she wouldn’t let go of me either. Every time I put her back into her crib she would scream and I would have to pick her up again but then the last time I put her down and she looked into my eyes and now I know where God wants me and where I have to be sorry mom, there’s nothing you can do to keep me away from here. As I walked away from my baby I started crying and I couldn’t stop, the tears just fell I could hardly feel them drip off my face. Everybody that held a baby cried except Kevin but he was still the last one to put down his baby…Not fair. This made me miss my family so after I was thinking of a veggie tales song so I’m going to sing it for you. Know that wherever you are it is never too far if you think of me I’ll think of youuuuuu. And I can’t really remember any of the other words but ya I miss you guys a lot. Kathleen Fotch Howard, I love you. See you soon! Chelsea Revel Hey everybody. Read Maddi’s message about what we did today and you’ll understand why I cried. I can’t wait to hug my babies!! I love you all and I can wait to see you! Gianna Pacini So, this trip has been amazing! I wouldn’t trade the experiences I have had for anything. Over the past week, I have witnessed things that I never thought I would and I have loved every minute of it. I can’t believe the trip is already over! As a team, we have gotten so close and made so many memories of Guatemala that I will never forget. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us. We could not have made it here without your support. I miss you all and I love you! See you all soon! Love, Gianna Lauren Davis Hola everyone! Well today was probably the best/worst day of the trip. I loved going to the day care at the hospital but it was so hard to leave. I had a little boy that was about two with me the whole time and it was so hard to put him down when we had to leave. I wanted to just take him home with me so he wouldn’t have to go through that. But other than that I loved playing with the kids, once again=) I am sad to be going home, but I miss you all. This has been a good trip and there has been a huge difference in all of us as a group from the beginning of the trip to the end of the trip. We have grown pretty close and God has taught us a lot. The prayers were definitely felt, so thank you to all that have been praying. I’m excited to see you all and give more details of this trip. Love you! Larissa Pontius Hey everybody. Today was fun as well as hard, we started by going to a feeding center for children. That was tough, but when we got back we went to the hospital next door for malnourished children. I was in the room with the babies and it was really hard to leave because you have to wonder what is going to happen when they go back home. I was having a really hard time. I wanted to bring all of the babies home. It was really hard to leave. So pray for all of the kids without good nutrition. Thanks, and I can’t wait to see all of you. Brantley Radulski So this is my last journal and I know I haven’t written the last two days and I know you all want to know what we did but you are just going to have to wait and listen in person. Well I know I say this every single journal but I am for real for real when I say I am so home sick and I miss you guys so much that I have probably cryed haha not really but I really really really miss you all…and basically all of you have presents!!!! Wooo!!!! And you will like them no matter what hah aim just kidding you don’t have to like them but the stuff in Guatemala is pretty expensive so they are really tiny presents. Well I cant wait to see you guys cause I miss you so much!!! Love love love you all!!!!! Love Brantley!!!! = ) Kevin Wunderly Hey wats up, this trip has been fun, see you when I get back! Kaylee Cabral Hey everyone! This is all my last one and I just wanted to say I’ll see you tomorrow when I get home and today was great so I’ll see you sometime tomorrow and tell you all about it later. Alright bye.
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