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Hola! Today was our second ministry day. We went to this orphanage way up in the mountains of Guatemala. We did our drama for them and then played with them the rest of the time. I had so much fun playing with all of the kids. Some of the kids there are HIV positive, but the people who run the orphanage take such good care of the kids that we couldn't even tell which kids had it. One of the ladies who helps run the orpahange, told us that one of the girls is epileptic. The little girl was so cute and very beautiful. It was so much fun to see all of the kids, and playing with them. After lunch, we were able to pass out toys to the kids. They were SO happy to see us and so happy to get our little gifts.

I am having so much fun! :) BTW, last night after FUAGNEM I was kinda "recruited" to be a part of a special skit for Thursday night. It's going to be so Cool! Don't worry, I'll have someone take pictures. :)

Any way, we had quite a bit of rain here. Yesterday we had the power go out in the hotel for about 3 minutes, and today one of the streets was flooded. I've seen at least 2 smoking volcanos so far, but I'm not sure if I've seen the one that actually errupted last month. I really want to see it!

I guess that's a good enough length for now. :)

TTYL

~Joy

HOLA!

We landed safely in Guatemala City last night! Everything is moving really quick. Today was our first ministry day. Half of the team was putting together food for families while the rest of the team was playing with the kids. I was in the group playing with the kids. We all had so much fun playing frisbee, tag, or bubbles with the kids. They are SO Cute!!!!! anyway, after a while we did our first drama performance. It went really well. After the drama, we got a chance to talk to the people and play with the kids again. I ended up playing "El Torro" (She chased me aroubd the area we were in) with one of the little girls, Elena. After playing for a while we went to a park to do another drama. Today alone, we saw at least 20 people accept Christ. I can't wait for the rest of the week.

I could probably post alot more, but I don't have much time and I need to save something for when I get home. :) Again, I will post as much as I can, but I'm not really promising anything

TTYL

~Joy

MIAMI!!!!!!!

so I made it to Miami on Monday, after a long time waiting at the Philly airport..... Something on our plane broke, so we had to wait 2 hours for them to fix it! Once we were in the air, my flight was rather uneventful.....
Once we made it to Miami, we sat in the airport for an hour waiting for the hotel shuttle. We got to the hotel just in time to register, put everything in my room, eat, and still make it to FUAGNEM on time.
After FUAGNEM, we met our team and then headed to drama auditions. I'm a mime again, I didn't really want to be a mime again, but I'm fine with it.
Yesterday we had all morning free, because the drama coach wanted to meet with the toys and kats first. After lunch we had language training and finally went to drama training. I am part of the tree in the middle of the garden! :) I'm really excited! Today, we finished learning the drama and then spent the rest of the day polishing it up. I also get to be part of the cross at the end of the drama.
I leave Miami tomorrow at 7pm and we're landing in Guatemala City at 8:30 (it's a 3 hour flight with a time difference.) I can't wait to get to Guatemala!!!!! I'm so excited to get to be a part of this and I'm really liking getting to know everyone on my team!
Lots of Love from Miami
Dios les Bendiga!
~Joy

TOMORROW!!!!!!

I'M REALLY REALLY VERY SUPER EXCITED RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!! I can't wait!
I still have to go through my suitcase one more time, but other than that I'm completely packed (except for one shirt, and a few things that I still need tonight or tomorrow morning). I can't think of anything else to post except for that this week (and entire month) went by EXTREMELY fast!
I can't wait to meet everyone either in the airport or in Miami.
Please continue to check my blog..... I will try to update as often as I can!
Lots of Love
Dios le Bendiga
~Joy

1 week!

hola!
In exactly one week, I will be sitting in Miami meeting many new faces and many familiar faces. I got pretty much all of my shopping done yesterday, and I still have a few more little things to get, but I'm about 98% finished shopping.
I also began packing today... I didn't get very far because I kept getting distracted so my bedroom is currently cluttered in a sea of everything that needs to be packed by next monday morning. I wish I could remember how I got everything packed last year!
1 WEEK!!!!!
Dios le Bendiga!
~Joy
ps.
1. It is nearly impossible to finda box of JUST plastic knives!
2. I get distracted easily! :)

only 9 more days until I leave for Miami!
I finished school on Wednesday, but it really doesn't feel like I'm done for the summer. oh well! i'm happy!
anyway, I'm SO excited that this trip is only 9 days away. I've really enjoyed talking to some of my teammates on email, facebook, etc.. It's so cool to hear from all of them and I can't wait to meet them in person!
My flight leaves Philly at 12:20 next Mon and I'll be landing in Miami around 3:15. I'm really happy, because I found out that there is at least one other person from team 3 (the team i'm on) on the same flight. :D
Dios le Bendiga
~Joy

15 days!

So I decided that I'd finally post my pics from last year. I hope you enjoy!
btw: the trip is only 15 days away!

This is just a glimpse of what was done last year, and probably also a little glimpse of what we're doing this year! :)