Bolivia Day # 2 7-1-11

     Finally got to see the boys! driving into that gate on the bus and seeing them was crazy.  I knew I had missed them but the emotional response I got within my heart felt as if I was seeing a close relative I had missed every day for a year!  Except not 1, over 50!  These boys each have a special place in my heart.  I wish there was some way to tell or show them that and have them understand. Ricardo.  Last year I awkwardly got off the bus and was standing there amidst 60 Bolivian boys and we were all staring at eachother.  Ricardo came up to me and grabbed me by the arm pretty roughly, and from that point on we were inseperable for the rest of the week.  He can be a bit rough and mischevious, but I find it lovable, after all, we all have interesting behaviors weve developed, due to our pasts and we just need love. I love him dearly.

     It was great to see Allie again, this trip wouldnt have happened without her.  She connected me with Life Fellowship, http://lifecharlotte.com/  and fundraising and preparations would have been much harder without their church and team!  She is such a sweetheart and I respect her so much. 

Cant wait to see Alberto.  He became such a good friend on the last trip.  We were rushing to get our stuff together for sidewalk sunday school in the villages with the children, we planned to do a David and Goliath skit as a team and make witness bracelets with the kids, and give them coloring sheets with David and Goliath scripture and pictures on them.  Mona has been so wonderful getting all this stuff organized! It was a blessing in disguise that it rained (it rains in Bolivia??!?) and that sidewalk was canceled.  We were all exhausted from the extensive travel and needed to recooperate briefly.  I'm so thrilled that we were able to bring so many supplies! 

This is how you hook up a television in Bolivia. Look at this kid!  He's putting the cord out the window!!

     Seeing so many crazy boys and trying to catch the Bolivia Argentina game was awesome!  There were tons of children crammed in one small room with members of the staff and team, 3 televisions with lots of static, and all the kids were playing with wires and antennas to get the signal. It was awesomely entertaining and a great time for photos!  

      I really pray that Michael and Alyssa make it, their flights were canceled because of the tropical storms in Florida, and I think they are going to have to go through Argentina, I believe? and meet up with us later. Anyway I pray for their safety and cannot wait to see them again!

  I spent the entire flight reading "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey, and I cried my eyes out and was thinking how the story was so intense and beautiful, but that a lot of parts had to be exaggerated, or his withdrawal perspective of how he thinks things actual happened.  Anyway, on the last flight from Santa Cruz to Cochabamba Fred told me the story is made up and not a true story and that it was on Oprah and everything.  Which kinda ruined it for me honestly.  I mean, I picked up the story at my own yardsale, and was immediately interested in it, I find all types of addictions to be intriguing.  Embellished, exaggerated, whatever, the story is still a BEAUTIFUL and intense tail of addiction and abuse and I love it, its a very accurate portrayal of some of the feelings and perspectives a person could have, I was just pretty dissapointed to be told that after all the reading and crying on the flights!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Frey  Im still interested in reading his other books.  He is a great storyteller. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/million-little-lies

Check out this miraculous holy coffee splatter Chris and Mona made today!  I'm pretty sure God and some dulce de leche were involved...