Day 4 & 5

Happy New Year! We know you haven't heard from us in a while, but we have been so busy with the planning and execution of the big New Year's Eve event. We'll bring you up to date  on what has been happening in the last couple of days. Once again some of the group has not been feeling 100%, but never the less we have been able to pull off the big event successfully.

In regards to the plumbing project, George created an  "Old Faithful" thru his accidental discovery of another unknown water line.  The excitement continued when Tom out did George by hitting the unknown "Main" water line to the Central Building.  Not all was in vain because at the end of the day the team was able to install new pipes and fittings.  (Judy gave them a hard time because they turned off the water while she was doing laundry, dishes and cleaning for one of the homes) Ha, Ha

Picture this: a kitchen with about 20 people calling out to Tom & Alyssa for their duties. About 300 eggs being cracked and separated whites from yoke for the dessert, 6 pairs of hands peeling carrots the size
of a thumb which had been picked Saturday a.m. by Pete. Susan, Kristen, Alisa, George and Judy
peeling bags of onions with match sticks in 4 of their mouths.

A delicious New Years Eve dinner was served. The meal consisted of Beef Tips with Gravy, a vegetable medley fresh from CB garden, fruit salad, fresh baked bread and home made tiramisu.
The meal was delivered by both teams to 9 different homes. This meal was enjoyed by about 250 people.

After the meal, the rambunctious children and tired adults made their way upstairs to the fun and games. Three sections were prepared for the different age groups ranging from 3-13. They all laughed a lot and then enjoyed root beer floats and hot popcorn while watching a home video of themselves. This was very special because most of the children have never seen photos of themselves. The home video was prepared lovingly by Jill and several members of our team with photos accumulated by Jill over the last year. The young kids left, and the party was amped up with the Brigada (13-18 years) youth team and their balloon stompin'. Our fearless leader, Jill, and most of our team participated in this awesomeness.

Praise and Worship en espanol was very moving, the entire atmosphere was very uplifting. It was incredible seeing all of the children singing praise to Jesus, then move to pray at the campo (soccer field).     The prayers of the orphanage workers carried all of us into the New Year, followed by fireworks lit by the children. Adios y Muchas Bendiciones. Pete, Judy, George and Alyssa <3