Not too much to report

   
   Thursday we painted our final wall for now. It was teal; the older girls at the home helped a lot. They really enjoy helping us! In the afternoon we decided to buy the kids some toys! We got 2 jump ropes, 2 balls, and 2 hula hoops for about 5 dollars! The kids loved them! We also bought new toothbrushes for all of them, that we need to label with their names before we give them to them! Also that afternoon, a friend needed us to be judges for some plays that were being put on by her English classes. They were plays in English, and they were very amusing! We really enjoyed it! Thursday was also a huge feast day for Peruvians. As the story goes, an African slave painted a picture of Jesus crucified on a wall somewhere in Lima a long time ago. After a few earthquakes, that caused everything else to collapse, the wall remained. It was then named Senor de los Milagros. (Lord of the Miracles). To celebrate this feast they had a huge procession! We really enjoyed it. It is always nice to participate in cultural things like that. Yesterday we spent most of the day in because Andrea was very sick from some cotton candy she ate from a vendor the day before. In the afternoon we went again to see if we could speak to Sister Margarita about the health situation at the home. Yet again she wasn't there so we left another note.
   First thing this morning we were woken up by a call from Sister Margarita, she was finally able to speak with us! It turns out that there are about 40 or so Americans here on a medical mission! We made kind of an unspoken deal, because they need help and so do we. We worked with them this afternoon to sort medicine and supplies, and will be translators for the OR doctors and pre and post operation nurses this week. In return they will have a team put together to come visit the kids at the home, to check on their medical needs. We are very excited and grateful for this opportunity especially since nursing is still a possibility for both of us. We are also thrilled that the doctors who will be examining the children can speak English, and probably have better training than the Peruvian ones.
   Please keep us in your prayers.

Andrea and Kelli