Monday morning June7th (I think)

from Naomi:
I put in the title I think it's June 7th because when you are down here and out of routine, it's really hard to keep track of what day it is. I'm sorry we haven't been posting as much and I haven't been able to post any pictures, but the internet service here is very sporatic. Everyone is well. Yesterday we went to church at Monte Sion Baptist Church and experienced a great service...a little long...but great none the less. It was the church's 18th anniversary and they had visitors from several other churches. The church was packed. The regular church service was over at noon, but then they had a baptismal service baptising 7 people, including an 84 year old woman and her husband. After the baptism, we sang another song while waiting for the pastor to dry off and get dressed so he could come back and offer the Lord's supper. That consited of homemade unleaven bread and homemade grape juice (you can't buy grape juice here). So the service wasn't over until 1 o'clock which seemed even longer sitting on the wooden benches with a very straight backs. After lunch, we went to the orphanage and played with the kids until late afternoon and the weinie roast started. They got to roast marshmellows (I should say burned because they all liked to stick them right in the flame or directly on the coals) then it was all topped off with ice cream cones. They had a great time. We found 2 or 3 kids we are thinking about sticking in our bags and bringing home with us. On the way home, Celso (works here at Villa Milagro) saw a woman on the road who we had tried to deliver food to on Saturday, but she wasn't home. He stopped and told her if she would go home, we would bring the food over to where she lived, which was within walking distance of VM. We gathered the food and went across the field to her "home" which consisted of an area of about 9X9 foot, poles stuck in the ground and 2 or 3 pieces of plastic wrapped around the poles to make the walls, nothing over the top, but she did have an umbrella to cover herself and her little girl when it rains. She goes out and collects plastic bottles on the street during the day and brings them home to wash them and try to resell them for her living. As it turned out, the little girl was sick, so we got to do a little doctoring as well. Today we will be going to a school here in town called Mantoch. We'll be seeing people who will be coming from all over...I'm not sure how they get the word out, but we are ready to get to work.
Thanks for all your posts and prayers!
Les--will pass along your thanks to Aunt Martha, she said she had to 2 best escorts a woman could ask for Friday evening and Saturday!