From Makayla♥

Um... Okay, so we went to Marata (pronounced matata) today and bought food for the locals. It took an hour to drive there and we approached a much higher altitude. As we split into teams to go from store to store, we handed out bibles, candy, and bracelets that said Jesus te ama (jesus loves you). It was overwhelming at the responses we got. Huge crowds of people were lining up to recieve the gifts. My group (Mr.Lorch, Ms.Lorch, & Erin L.) were followed by numerous people from place to place in hopes of getting the Bibles. The candy was way accepted as well and i believe that's what we ran out of the fastest. All the animals here (cows, dogs, sheep, chickens, cats, etc.) are way different than the ones we have at home. They look as if they haven't eaten in about 10 years and none of them seem as if they have any life at all in them. You can go up to any of them and just pet them and they will act as if they don't exist. The donkeys ecspecially carry heavy loads of things like metal and corn and probably only weigh about 30-40 pounds. Its crazy. The VBS took over really well. There were not only kids there but many women as well. It was pretty overwhelming to teach them how to make a pipe cleaner and paper flower when we didn't even really know how to say the word flower in spanish. It was pretty funny actually. The food here is awesome. It's very different from american food even though they call it the same stuff. But anyways...God has blessed us with a great and safe trip so we're all pretty happy and excited to see what each day brings.
-Makayla♥