Today some of the people of the church in La Lolita came to the seminary for a going away/thank you reunion type of a get-to-gether. It was great to see not only the little kids but also the adults get excited about coloring with crayons on pages torn out of a coloring book. And Aaron, Dehan, Michael, LeAnn, and Renee played futbol (soccer) with the Guatemalan men of La Lolita and a few of the Presbyterian seminary students. Mean while Ben took a little old man named Juan Juilio on a walk down to the creek (because Ben knew he liked to fish) even though Ben couldn't understand very much of what said. The old man preceded to point things out to Ben and teach him their names. It's great to see members of our team over come language barriers to bond with Guatemalans.
Oh and while Juan Julio and Ben were on their way down to the creek Ben helped him down a step and for the remainder of their walk to the creek Juan Julio held tightly on to Ben's hand.
All in all it was a great day of strengthening relationships with our new Guatemalan friends.
Tomorrow we are heading to a finca (coffee plantation) and wednesday we are leaving the coast and heading back to the mountains. Wow I can't wait for some cool weather and I think that the rest of the team would agree that we've had enough of the heat.
Paz y Amor (Peace and Love),
~Laura~