Day two part two

Have you ever looked up at something and thought, "I don't ever want to forget this picture for the rest of my life?" Thats how I felt around 5:00 pm today. We went to La Arenera and got to see a lot of our little kids. It was so much fun. After we went around the village and said hi to most of them, we went to the soccer field for a game of futbol (soccer in Spanish:)) Well, I decided to sit it out in the beginning because these people are serious soccer players. So, I was sitting with some of my kids on the bench talking to them (minimal speaking, mostly pointing), when I looked up to see how the game was going. Thats when it hit me that we were here. It was just the right time of day. It was not to light out and the sun was just starting to go down. It was the perfect temperature. I looked up and saw these huge gorgeous mountains in the background. Below the mountains were these tall lush green trees and in front of the trees was this worn out soccer field with about 30 little Guatemalan boys and girls running around barefoot playing some amazing soccer with Mark and John trying to keep up. It was just perfect! There was this huge language barrier. No one could talk to each other. No one could communicate, but once we got a soccer ball out there, it was like the languages didn't even matter. Everyone was just having fun and we were able to love on these precious children during it. I know that these details don't even begin to describe the picture that I hope to carry in my head for the rest of my life, but I wanted to share it with you. I just felt so blessed that God had given us this opportunity to come down and be with these people. I didn't have a camera today, but I pray that we will have the opportunity to play a game of soccer like that again, so I can capture that beauty. Until then, you will just have to picture it in your head. Thank you for sending us here. We feel blessed beyond words to be with these people.

~Sarah