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We were at the kids school on Friday night for Maggie's performance of "The Toymaker and His Son", she played a toy bunny. It was a mime performance, telling the story of the cross, it was well done. Maggie sang a beautiful solo. I was so proud of her.

We took our friend Mario, he works at the Villa as a guard and gardener, he is a dear friend of Dwight's.

While we were waiting for the show to start Dwight was visiting with Mario and one of the stories I overheard was Dwight telling Mario that the 'man in the black bed is a prince'. I was laughing so much and even more as I watched Mario trying so hard to understand what Dwight was saying. What Dwight wanted to tell Mario was that the man in the black t-shirt is the principal. There are so many things that
we miss in translation ~ but bring us many great laughs!

Praise God that Dwight's spanish tutor comes this Tuesday!

A few highlights of our weekend.... the play with Mario was great, he invited us to visit his house on Saturday ~ it is such a gift to me when we are invited into peoples homes. Once again, they treated us so well. I colored with the kids. Mario tried to give William a rooster, but I had to decline. His wife, Sylvia shared a cooked fruit dish with us (papaya, mango, grosera, jocote, and other fruits). Mario took Dwight and the boys down into a valley to cut plantains, it was quite a hike. When they got back everyone was dripping with sweat. Mario raced into the house and told his wife "quick we need Coke with ice!" (in spanish though) He was so serious and as it turns out he was worried about Dwight and wanted to get him something cold right away. Their friendship is very dear to watch. We are so thankful for Mario. He is hardworking, a loving husband and father, he is so proud of all that he has accomplished and all that he knows. It is a gift to have him in our lives.
We were also invited to Lizzy's birthday party on Saturday. It was a great party. There were games, a pinata, vigaron and cake! We loved being there with so many of our favorite people! At the end, Josh said "that was really good". I was so thankful for that moment. It is not easy going into a situation where you don't speak the language (well) and don't understand customs and yesterday was full of situations like that. When we finish those days and everyone is still filled with peace ~ that is a victory!



The little girls from the Villa went with William, Josh and I to Lizzy's birthday party. It was fun for all of us.
This is Mario's mom and some of her grandchildren.
This is a Martha. Every Tuesday night we have Youth Group at the Villa. We play games, sing and hear a message. This night we were sucking skittles with straws.

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