wrapping it up...*tear*

Today was our last day at the work site. I was happy and sad all at the same time. We got there and worked all morning. The church is almost done!! Praise the Lord! Everyone has really pitched in to work hard. After lunch the teen girls(except for me)went to Pat and Alan's to make tortillas. At the same time kids got out of school and immediately came to the church to spend time with us. The adults worked on the church while the rest of us teens played with the kids. It was so much fun to spend so much time with them for the last time. We had our kids service and everyone loved it. I got to be a whale, for the story of Jonah :) It was a blast! After service we said our final farewells. It was sooo heartbreaking to have to say good bye. I'm totally coming back. Hopefully within 2 years. I have collected quite a few addresses to which I will be sending many letters. We took many final pictures with people, young and old alike. There was hardly a dry eye. I have met so many amazing people on this trip. They have touched my life in an irreplacable way. I hope we have done the same. The saddest moment was when this little girl whom I have spent every day with for the past week had to be taken away from me screaming and crying by her older brother. That just broke my heart. I have grown to love everyone here so much.
Tomorrow morning at about 6am(here) we will be leaving for the game park. It is roughly a 7 hour drive. We get a better bus, that will hold almost all of us. (THANK GOODNESS!) The last buses were not very comfortable...to say the least... :P So this is the last blog before we get home. Please pray for our returning trip, and we look forward to seeing all of our loved ones. We can't wait to share our amazing experiences and show off our compiled pictures (10,000+) with everyone!!

-Amanda-