What a Mighty God We Serve!

What a mighty God we serve! After a few women from our team were up most of the night praying, we learned that she slept through the whole night without night terrors for the first time in months! Praise God! Never doubt the power of prayer my friends!
Today was a great day and there were great things acomplished! There were workers in the baby house who were able to serve in whatever ways possible including; changing diapers, feeding the babies, and just playing with them. Tom and Mike were up early this morning for a trip to the market where we spent a good chunk of our team money buying fresh vegetables, fruits, and other things. The men from our team spent most of the day working on the sewer line and made some great progress with the help of the rented backhoe man! The team from Southwest Baptist University has also been a great blessing with all their hard work and them work on the sewer line as well.
Kay-Marie and I were able to work in the bodega and scrub down the food shelves that were covered in dirt and mold and rotting fruit. Although scrubbing with bleach and rough scrubber pads wasn't the most comfortable things in the world...we made such great progress and the shelves already look so much better. Now we are just waiting for the paint to make them look even better!
In the afternoon the women of the team were able to go back to Casa de Alabanza and complete the empanada making process. It was so much fun! We made fruit empanadas with apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon; and we also made some with a chicken and vegetable base. It was great being able to eat the chicken ones at dinner time...they were delicious! All in all we made about 500-600 empanadas! It is so great to see how the people here take pride in what they do. Since everything is made by hand, they have much more appreciation for what they complete.
In the evening it was really great to see Ethan being able to practice music with the Guatemalans. Although they don't have the same sound technology we have and they might not sound as good as our choir and band at Cornerstone, they still have the ability to priase God and we know He enjoys it!
At our debriefing meeting tonight, we had a discussion about the "business" end of things...in other words: money. We came here with about $1300 and we are already down to only $170. We have bought a lot of things to minister and help out here at the orphanage and there are still so many other things that we want to help with. Please be praying that God would provide more money somehow so that we can minister to each group that we can. We know what God has in store for us to do, but we have such a desire to serve more than expected. Besides praying for the provision of more money, we ask that you pray for good decision making in what we do with the money we do still have.
Tomorrow is a big day for our group because it is New Year's Eve and that means we get to cook for the entire campus of Casa Bernabe! We have an entire meal planned out and we are excited to serve in that way! Please pray that God gives of focus and excitement and that we don't get frustrated with everyone in the kitchen!
Thank you as always for your prayers and HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE! :)