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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, although that is bad it is not a diagnosis she will have to deal with her entire life.

William is everyone's friend, they think he is so handsome and love his smile. He is holding it all together so well. Today Juliette was teasing him and messed up his art project, well if you know William he doesn't do well with that sort of thing. He didn't hit her or scream he simply walked over to me and shed a few tears. It was good though because Juliette realized that maybe it wasn't very nice what she had done and felt his sadness and once he recovered, she helped him rebuild his masterpiece. It was good for everyone!

Maggie is loving the little girls and Jacob (Wilbert and Gloria's son) well. She is so good at loving little kids no matter what the language. Brittany was anxious to read the Bible with her today, they shared John 3:16 and many other verses. When we got home Maggie said she wanted to remember to take her Bible with her tomorrow so they could read more.

What did I do today... I forgot to tell my kids to drink water and wash the mangoes before they eat them, Josh and Maggie are suffering now from cramping stomaches and diarrhea. They both say they drank lots ~ please pray that they are recovered by the morning. I found lice in someones hair and spent time washing and picking nits. I helped clean one of the new houses, they are getting them ready because Sunday El Faro Church (the church to La Chureca) is coming to the Villa and they need bathrooms! They are bussing over the whole church plus many others from La Chureca, we are expecting 400 people.
I have to sleep now. Tomorrow night my first team comes in at 9:00. We are going to a soccer game in the afternoon and hopefully to the Villa en la manana. I want to send you some pictures before I sleep. If anyone see's Ramona can you please tell her that her letters have been PERFECT! I am so thankful for the wonderfully funny, encouraging and insightful notes she has sent.
I love you all!

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  1. AnonymousJuly 1, 2009 at 9:10 PM

    I love to hear about everything that's going on! And it brings me so much joy to hear you say when you "got home," because I know what that's like to be so familiar with a place and to have it be home even though it 's not your home in the States. It just sounds perfect -- even with broken arms, lice, diarrhea. I'm excited for these relationships that you are building and for everything that God is going to do while you are there.

    On Tuesday Ivy, Leeza, Kaitlin, and I just sat on your trampoline and talked. It was a good night but we missed having you.

    I love and miss you!

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