Day 7 (Cat)

I will remember today forever! We started the day off with home visits. Jill, Joel and I had the privlige of meeting our sponsor children. We went to Joels house first and met his family. The family invited Joel to ride their horse and told Joel that he could come and stay with them any time so that was pretty neat! After Joels visit we went to my sponsor child's house. I was greeted by a huge banner and balloons placed all around the house. Karen told me that the family wanted to go out of town for the week but they heard I was coming so they cancelled their trip. Jario said that he had been praying for me to visit and his prayers were answered. They offered us drinks and fruit and we talked for a while. They told us they own a small peice of land on top of the highest mountain in Tactic. On this peice of land thet fast and pray. One day they plan to build on this land to further God's kingdom. They also told us that they own a christian radio station and they let Les and Oki Dokie talk on the air. After my sponsor child we headed to Jill's sponsor child's home. Her sponsor family sells fruit and drinks outside of their house and gave us some fresh watermelon to eat. It was delicious!!! After our home visits we went to children ministry and had a great last day with the kids. It is so amazing to see children have so much joy in something as simple as bubbles. Oh and we finally experienced the HUG LINE. I can see why the hug line is so famous! but it didn't satisfy our class. We definitely had some issues saying goodbye to the kids and I know most of us could stay there forever or take them home with us. It blows my mind that kids can have so much joy even in the toughest situations. After children ministry we went back to the house to get ready for dinner. We didn't have time to stop for ice cream which was so sad but we must stop tomorrow because I must have one last scoop of Guanaba ice cream before we leave. At dinner we had hamburgers and I would just like to say they are WAY better then the big macs at McDonalds! After dinner we headed to the church to join 11-B in some shopping experiences but there was one problem.... the van wouldn't start so we got some of the strong boys in the class to push the van to jump start it and after a couple tries we got it going but Jill and I were convinced we were going to die but thankfully we didn't! At the church we did some shopping and we came back to the guest house for a night of dutch blitz and laying on the roof star gazing. I don't want to go home and I am pretty sure I could stay here forever but shout out to the best friends back home. Looking forward to many more adventures tomorrow but for now its time to dream big and say goodnight.

God Bless,

Cat