Katie McGrew: Seeing Jesus

William, Alondra and Josh on the teeter totter Walking to the Villa this morning, this picture gives no idea of the heat and humidity! Josh doing a puzzle with Karina and Scarleth Ana, Maggie and Brittany looking beautiful Today was a great day! Maggie took a bag full of dance costumes to share, the girls loved them. Josh really connected well today, they love him but are a little stand-offish because he is an older boy (i think), but today everything was clicking! He had a great time making puzzles and playing other games. William and Josh rode with Mario to get lunch for Wilbert from Wilert and Gloria's house, they got to meet baby Naomi before me! Gloria is not bringing her out much yet because of her sickness, but maybe tomorrow I can meet her. For those of you who know of Naomi's sickness, apparently it was a virus that got to her heart and made the tissue around her heart swell, al...

This is crazy every time I write on the blog, I lose it all once! I will have to get better! Because the second time around I can't write as much. Yesterday was "twice as good as the day before" in Maggie's words. Already relationships are being formed and names are being remembered. We rode with Pastor Eliezar to La Chureca in the afternoon to pick up the big girls from school. It was the kids first time to the dump and to them it was just fun! Maggie saw the cutest puppy she would like to own, we saw piglets, kittens, cows, goats and tons of dogs. William was thrilled when the little boys jumped on the back of the car and got a ride. After a bathroom stop at the school and collecting all the girls and several teachers we left; 19 in all! "This would never be legal at home, would it mom?" was the question I got, I think that will be a question I am asked often. We got a ride home around 4:30 and spent the rest of the day playing games and exploring ...

This is my second attempt to update our blog, the first time the power went out several times and so finally I turned my computer off and lost it all. So the fans are back on, I mean the power, the kids are all asleep and I will tell you briefly what's going on.... We successfully made it here through a huge storm of rain and lightening with all 16 of our bags and the loss of one arm! God is good, I know He has gone before us, with us and is following close behind! My friend Larry presented me with a cell phone upon our arrival ~ with his number programmed in so I can call for anything! All of Williams Nicaragua dreams were fulfilled today: mangoes in the masses on the ground right outside our door and geckos tonight! They are so golden and small that he mistook them for peaches! The workers at the Villa found him a beautifully ripe coconut and chopped it open for a refreshing drink of milk ~ not what he expected! Maggie is missing her friends and being closely watched by 15 beauti...