El grupo de Kansas City (the Kansas City group)

These past two days have been so much fun because of a group from Antioch Church in Kansas City, Kansas. They bring kids on missions trips to do dramas and music in schools and children's homes. They work so hard before they come and you can tell. These kids are ages 9 - 17 and they love what they are doing. Yesterday I got the opportunity to go with them to schools in Solola and watch them do their program; all the kids at the two schools we went to enjoyed it. It reminded me a lot of the Kidsworld Gang at Newspring  that goes to schools in Wichita. After going to the schools I went and helped at the Eagle's Nest then that night the kids got to watch a movie with the group. We watched Mr. Poppers Penguin's in Spanish with English subtitles. The kids had such a great time but you could tell the movie ended past their bed time. My little friend Raul sat on my lap during the movie; by the end of it he had taken off his shoes and had fallen asleep. He is so cute!

Today I got to go across Lake Atalan with the group from Kansas City to a town called Santiago. There is an orphanage there that has 21 kids. There is only one couple that is there with these kids permanently with them and they also live in the same house as these kids. The boat ride over to Santiago was beautiful but it took a little longer than expected because we had so many people in the boat. When we got there the couple picked us up and drove us to their home. They have such a beautiful orphanage! There are big rocks to climb on, they are lucky enough to have an orchard nearby where they can pick fruit and they have some goats and cows. Their kids loved the program the group put on and loved having people to play with. After we left we ate at a place called Pescador and it was very yummy. Once we got done we started on our long excursion back to our vans and shopped in Pana for a while. I must tell you I like shopping in foreign countries because you get to barter. I got some good deals and marked some people off my list!

Unfortunately the group leaves tomorrow to go back home. Please keep them in your prayers and pray for safe travels.

Ok now time for some more pictures:

Me on the way to Santiago

A panoramic view from our boat

One of the volcanoes around Lake Atalan... I really liked how the clouds looked on top of it.

Some pretty Vacation Houses

HMMMMM..... Maybe ;)   (if you cannot tell it says For Rent)

This the Orphanage in Santiago

This is their front yard.

This was on our way back as the storms were rolling in.

 A little piece of Paradise in Lake Atalan

The clouds look so cool going across the mountains and volcanoes!