After driving an hour (and we're still in Guatemala City), we arrived at a privately owned Girls orphanage. We had a smaller group this time, and were assigned to have our VBS program in the computer room. The computer room turned out to be a small room that had 5 old typwriters. We only had 5 girls for this session, so we could give them some special attention.
Before it started the normal afternoon "down pour", we were able to play games with the girls. Dave and Mary got out the jump rope and had a Blast with the girls. I chatted with several of the girls.
Normally I would ask if they had another sibling in the home with them. And I would ask if they liked to color, paint, sing or read. And I would also ask who was their best friend. At times, I would ask how long they had been living in the Orphanage, and the answers were surprising. Some would say 3 days and other 3 - 4 years. 
After our program, we were able to fit the girls with new tennis shoes. Give them some humanitarian aid supplies such as underware, socks, medical supplies. And like other locations, we gave out candy, colors, pens, hair ribbons, etc. I really thought the folks that ran this home were doing a great job.
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