Day 6: What it feels like to be hungry Thursday

Becky opened up the day with a really impactful devotion. She asked if we have every been really hungry. Although most of us agreed that our experiences of hunger are not nearly the same as true hunger or starvation, we were able to think of a time that we might have felt hunger of some sort. When someone is really hungry they will do anything to get food. She made the connection between this physical reality and being spiritually hungry for God. If we are truly hungry and thirsty for righteousness we would do anything to know God more and to be satisfied by Him alone. "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." Matthew 5:6. To take this a step further we talked about he correlation between that and fasting.
Today was something of an off day because we were able to go to Volcano Pacaya and ride horses up it. That was amazing! My guide's name was Micheal. When we reached the top there was a volcano shop with really awesome jewelry and trinkets that were made from the volcano rock.

The view during the ride up the volcano was insane! Guatemala is a beautiful country!

My guide, Micheal. He looked like he was having back pain so I prayed for him during our time together. 

Abel was in charge of teaching children how to brush their teeth at the feeding site that we went to. He used my aunt and uncle's dental horse puppet to show kids how to brush their teeth. So it was only fitting that he had a random toothbrush with him on our ride and pretended to brush the real horse's teeth.

The view!

The scariest part of the ride was down some loose dirt at the top of the volcano. That was exciting to say the least.

The Volcano shop. The last time Pacaya errupted it destroyed a village. The village took this negative event and decided to make it into a positive by taking the lava rock and making it into jewerly. It was very inspiring and really really neat items!

When you bought something they put it in these bags that were made of old women's traditional clothing.

After the ride we had the opportunity to go to a market to buy souvenirs.

I can't remember her name, it was very unique, but she was so much fun to shop at her stand. She let me try on lots of ponchos and scarves!

After our time to explore and shop we went back to Dorie's promise and spent time with the kids. I love spending time with my boys, Alex and Elvis. I did zumba with Alex and Lexie danced with Elvis. Their giggles and hugs are so precious in my memory. (No pictures because I was savoring the moment!)