Getting Started

Hey All,

Yesterday was our first day in the field and i got an idea of what ill be doing. Im working at the social work site in the child sponsorship program. The kids that are sponsored get medical care, birthday presents, school supplies, school fees paid, ect. SO my job is to help Nivia, the permanent staff member and my field supervisor, buy the gift and deliver them and get the kids to try them on and send a picture to the sponsor and to do a bunch of other stuff. One of the projects ill be working on is administering Eye exams to the kids in both schools in El gorrion and Magdalena and deciding if they need to see a doctor. The living conditions  in El gorrion are not ideal; the floor, if there is on is usually concrete, the walls are just pieces of cloth and tin, theres no running water and they just have latrines. The first team gets here on monday and we will be bringing a couple of students along to do the work in the schools. Im very excited for monday to get here.

They've also built a community center in El gorrion; last year it was just a structure, but now theres running water, a clinic with a doctor, a kitchen and bathrooms...Its really beautiful and it provides a lot for the people of El gorrion. Pastor Mario is getting ready to start building a running water system in El Gorrion so the people can finally have sanitary bathrooms and clean water to drink. It's very exciting to see the amazing work here.

On a lighter note, we visited the market today and tried to figure our way around Antigua so that we can successfully guide the teams around the city when we have to. It was a lot of fun. A lady tried to sell me a head band but It was small and i tried to tell her that I had a big head, but instead I told her my beer is too big...so that was embarrassing and a source of amusement for my room mate, who was with me. I guess thats the nature of travel.

Keep Guatemala in your prayers, God is doing amazing things here.

Allie