Fun, work and more fun right before the girl yelled "I'm dead"!

Today I had some adult time paying volleyball.

My team was teenage boys so, I think, we had an advantage. Of course they had me on the team, so that hurt them a bit. But then again we had 5 and they had 4. But one of the girls on the other team will play in a tournament soon (she's really good), so... All in all maybe it was fair? There were 5 games in all and we won by one game.

The kids here sweep and clean the property twice a day (which is needed because there's so much vegetation).

They also clean up the kitchen after every meal.

As you can imagine, with so many kids and workers there is always something to do.

I've also gotten some work done. 

Here I installed a new faucet. 

Here we changed part of a roof from fiberglass to metal

and moved a solar panel.

The orphanage has a dentist that comes sometimes and she didn't like the noise because the air compressor (for her tools) was in the same room. I was able to move it upstairs (you can see he hoses coming down from the ceiling).

This is what the compressor looks like. I was amazed that it was just an off the shelf compressor and not some kind of special medical grade type. It's much quieter in the dentist's office now so she is very happy.

The kids have a ton of fun playing here and I'm blessed to be able to play with them. Here's a couple of videos of some fun we had:

It's fun to see the kids become braver and braver as we went along.

This is a 4 minute video, but it will be worth it to see one girl say "Mi muerte" (I'm dead)!

I think this type of activity is crucial for kids development and growth as a person. It's good to not be sure if you can do something or not, try it, and then succeed. I'm blessed to be part of it.

Praises: Earlier in the week my prayer was for someone to sit down and help me with my Spanish. I was thinking maybe a preschool teacher, because that's the level I'm at. Well it turned out that God sent the dentist to me. Out of the blue she asked if she could help me with Spanish, so we were able to talk for an hour yesterday. An hour will not make you good at anything. However an hour here and an hour there and before you know it, you can go places that you never knew that you could go. My communication skills have improved every year that I've come and I'm amazed. That's something that I'm very grateful for.

Prayer Requests: The kids have gone with family with weekend, so there are very few people at the orphanage. My prayer is to continue enjoying my rest and relaxation. Also for continued one on one time with people to enhance and grow our relationships. And of course that my Spanish can get better so that relationship can be easier.