Update

This week has gone by fast. I have been super busy. I had a TON of cleaning and repairs to do in the orphanage. The one thing about here that I have to get used to is that you can never get anything completely clean like you can at home. There will always be dust or dirt or dead bugs or live bugs or something because their houses arent built the same way or with the same materials. I am painting all the walls upstairs green, except for the babies room and I am going to paint that yellow I think. I found a perfect picture to hang up in the babies´ room too. I am having the cribs made for me and they look pretty good. I am going to Guatemala City this afternoon to pick them up. I am also having a cabinet made with drawers for the clothes and a changing table for the babies. I am still looking for dressers for the volunteers. Things are hard to find here. I had to cut all new windows for the upstairs because a lot of them were broken. Also we have a garden in the back with avacado trees but nothing else is back there right now, and I am working on planting vegetables in it. Guillermo and I are working on getting permission to go work in the hospital in Guatemala city and Antigua, in the department where they recieve babies. We are hoping to be able to go for a few hours every day for about a week. We went to the hospital yesterday to ask a doctor for permission and it was complete chaos there. There were tons of babies and not so many mothers, and it was so crazy. We will find out today I think if we are going to be allowed to work there. That is the update for now!

Back in Guatemala

Today is my second day back in Guatemala. I love it here so much. Yesterday I started to get everything set up on my floor of the orphanage, I cleaned everything out and painted the railings. Today I have started painting the rest of the floor and moving a few pieces of furniture in. It has been a lot of work already, but I have a long way to go!Also, just in case, I want to let everyone know that I shut my phone off for the month I will be here, so I won´t be able to recieve my voicemails or anything. If you need to get ahold of me, just send me an email for now. Thanks!