Singing, Library, and new project

This weekend was a busy but fun filled weekend. It started out with the sleep over that included my host mom, 2 other ladies from the church, several of the youth group girls, and the North American girls that live in La Mesa. ( my team members and another missionary women)We were up until 4 am talking, playing games, eating and watching a movie. Then Saturday afternoon my teammates and I accompanied Martin and Elsy (the pastors working in Anapoima)to a potluck lunch in Anapoima. Saturday evening we had practice with the worship band from another town called Anolaima. We were invited to join the worship band there the following day. So Sunday we boarded a bus at 7am and traveled about an hour and a half to Anolaima to sing in their worship service and then we stayed in Anolaima for the rest of the day.
I have really discovered how much I enjoy singing as we do plenty of it here. Our group often gets asked to sing and/or play at various churches and functions.

Our library project is going quite well. We have finally finished organizing all the books into Microsoft Excel and stickered them and shelved them according to subject and category. We are now ready for the students to check out the books and many students have done so quite happily and the library is full of excitement during the 45 minute break that the students have. We still have some work to do before we are completely done but we are coming along well.

We also recently started a new project. We teach music at a childrens home here in La Mesa. We teach music classes 2 times a week. The children at this home are from families that can´t take care of them. It isn´t an orphanage but rather a group foster home. It has been such a blessing working with these children as they are so affectionate and long to show that affection.