And day 4 is complete! What another incredible day it was. They always say with mission work or nearly anything you can’t have a set plan because God has a plan of his own. To start the morning Ashley and I had a nice long run on the beautiful shore of the Pacific. The sun was just coming up and there was a strong mist in the air from the ocean. There is no better way to start your day off seeing his beauty first thing in the morning. We took the public bus to Bolivar again for the day. It was a funny sight. Capacity 40, loaded down at number 76. We were standing in the isle of the bus holding on for dear life. These people drive worse than New York City taxi drivers. We laughed so hard as we each got slung around the bus. When we came into Bolivar yesterday there was this white lab mix that saw the bus and went crazy. He greeted all of us as soon as we got off. It’s almost like he was waiting on us. They named him Cody on the last trip, so I guess in a sense he was waiting on us! Well he was waiting on us again today with his wagging tail. Our plan was to paint houses as soon as we got there, but like I said God always has a plan of his own. It rained all morning, and when I say rain, I mean misted. It doesn’t rain much in this location. Although a constant mist and paint don’t mix well. We decided to walk house to house and ask if the children would like to come to the building and play and color. It was so neat walking house to house and meeting all of the different families. I’ve been so excited for everyday that I have been here so far and have been able to meet more and more people. They literally come running out of their homes and wrap you up in their arms. It’s the best feeling in the world. I like to hug them back a little tighter. There is no better feeling than hugging someone and having them hug you back even tighter. Plans got changed around a little as expected. We ended up painting 2 houses. 1 family in particular stuck out. The father, named Raphaelle stayed with us the whole time. He held the bucket, helped with the ladder, and did anything he could to make the job easier on us. The thing that I noticed the most was his smile, not one time did he stop smiling. He had a son named David who was absolutely precious as well. We prayed when we got done painting his home. As we all had our hands on him, I felt God moving in that circle around him. We all had a child on our hip and a hand on Raphaelle, what a God moment. One of my biggest God sightings today was the proof of how God answers prayers. I asked God this morning during my quiet time for him to put children in my life who needed love and affection today. Shortly after we arrived there I had 2 little girls come to me, one was named Kylie, and one was named Melanie. I had one on my right hand and one of my left. These girls never left my side all day. I can’t theoretically say I helped as much painting houses today as I did playing with these girls. I was able to love on them all day long. We laughed, we danced, we painted, we hugged. Those girls held my neck tighter than I’ve ever been held by a child. The love that was coming from them was indescribable. I don’t know their situation, and I don’t know what their home is like. All I know was that I asked God for these children, and he provided just like he always does. They needed me today and I needed them. Like every day before this I have said, God puts people in your life for a reason and you connect with certain people. Today they were my people. I spent all day with them not knowing a lick of Spanish and that didn’t make a bit of a difference. Like Carlos said, love has no language. I keep replaying the picture in my head of their smiles and hearing their laughs over and over tonight. I am beyond grateful for the time with these girls today. They made me so happy, and I absolutely cannot wait to wrap them up in my arms again tomorrow and love on them even more than I did today. I needed them just as much as they needed me. Thank you God for choosing me for these precious souls today.