Tuckered out
Annie loves home-made tortillas. Absolutely LOVES them!
Happy to be at the pool!
Alex takes care of his lil sis!
Our newly paved road into our village. This is WAY better than it was! ( it doesn't all have medians)
My friend, Barbara, she is a TRUE friend, one you can count on for anything!
Annie playing by herself. Look at her feet. Those aren't black socks!
Happy to be playing soccer again.
I wanted you to all see how great our God is! Today started off with our usual 30-40 minute drive to our village. However, while we were in the states they widened the main road to our village and now it is MUCH quicker. We made it there in about 15 minutes. The main reason it took so long before was because we usually got behind a very slow truck or many slow trucks and you couldn't pass on that road because it was too dangerous. So, we were very blessed to find that this blessing has caused our tirp into town to be a lot less timely.
Once we arrived into our village we went straight to work cleaning as fast as we could as a family. We were pleasingly surprised that there were no mice/rats. Well.... I take that back, there was one that was dead in a trap and had been there for a VERY long time, but other than that, no sign of any rodents! PTL!!! We just knew it wouldn' t be long before the knocks on our door came and our cleaning would be forced to a halt. About 2 hours into our cleaning my good friend Barbara knocked on our door and just like I would, she says, "Oh I have missed you, don't look at me, I've gained weight and oh how I've missed you. Can I help you clean?" So sweet and so funny!
So I declined on her help and said yes when she offered to fix us lunch. So a few hours later we went over to her home and had the best tacos in the world! I mean Taco Bell ain't got nothin' on her! After we ate she followed us over to our home and started right to work. Boy was I happy to have her. She cleaned my windows better than they have been cleaned in 4 years! She has promised to come back tomorrow. Yippee!
We saw a few other friends briefly but told them we could visit as soon as our house was back in order. Amazingly, they understood. That isn't cultural. Then the boys had friends arrive as soon as school was out and they picked up right where they left off. It was great. I mean really great! I was so happy to see them playing and having fun like they had never left. They didn't want to leave to come back to the hotel. Yay God!
So, the blessing for Annie would be that she was happy to be home. She found toys that she had forgotten all about and she just liked being in a familiar place. However...... she was lonely. She played by herself all day while we worked and cleaned. I am sure that will change as soon as the little girls realize she is there, but for now, it was hard. Especially because she is still very timid about Spanish. I hate that she has forgotten it all. I know she understands it all, she is just unsure about it all and has no confidence. I may end up starting some school with her early. Spanish, anyway.
So, as soon as we got back to the city we dropped Greg off at the phone company to fight out our problems and we went back to the hotel for a swim. That made Annie happy! Then we ate and now they are all snoring. We will be back out at the village tomorrow. We have phones and SHOULD have internet in the village by Thursday. So if you don't hear from me for a few days, it is only because we are waiting patiently for internet. Thanks for following our journey. Please continue to pray. Especially for the little girl we call Annie. She is holding up well but I am hurting for her! Love you all! Missy
