And then there was garbage . . .

At Casa Mana we have a lot of garbage.  When you are hosting 20-40 people each week it really starts to pile up.  This has been an issue for awhile because the garbage men would only take one bucket of garbage each time they came and only if it was carried down to the road.  On top of that sometimes they came and sometimes they didn’t come.  So we ended up with a lot of garbage and garbage stinks.In order to solve this problem, Edgar would go wait by the gate and when he saw the truck chase the guys down the road begging them to take our garbage.  After doing this for three years, he has gotten to know our garbage men very well.  So well that for the last few months instead of him chasing them down the road anymore, the head garbage guy calls him a few mornings a week and asks if we would like them to drive their truck up for a pick up.
This past week as the guys were collecting, they starting asking questions about what we do here and why we have so much garbage.  They had seen the gringos working down below.  Edgar explained that they were building an orphanage and that the upper house was a guest house for them to stay out while they were here.  “Why do they come?” asked one of the guys.  Edgar explained a bit about the groups coming to see the work being done here and also to help out.  After thinking a bit the guy replied “you mean they come to bless and pray for this place?   That is good, very good”Yeah I think they got it right.  Leave it to God to give us encouragement though the most unlikely sources: the garbage men.