Can't keep up!

Hello friends!

I now know what it is like to be a full time, working mother! Home school ain't easy. I went to school long ago to get my certificate in Elementary Education and thought it would be fun. Okay I was only 23 when I graduated and really had no idea what I was thinking! Today I have read a story about someone in History whom I have never heard about, learned things about Rome that made my mouth drop, played with shaving cream, danced around singing an Alphabet song in Spanish, tried to be as good as Annie's last teacher, (Miss Sorensen) and learned about run-on sentences! Obviously I need to re-learn the stuff about run-on sentences, huh?

This was our first day of school. I have to lean my head back to look taller than Jerod, I really am shorter now!  :o(

So as you can see, my days are full and I am trying to figure out how to manage them a little better so that I can enjoy my blog more often. I really want to change our look but don't really have time to do that either. Our church service starts in about an hour and I still have to help Jerod come up with a craft. I guess the good thing is all of the kids seem to like school this year. Well... that is all but ANNIE! On Friday she had a "stomach ache." Then when school was over she was miraculously healed! I am trying to incorporate lots of fun stuff but she still says, " That's not how Mrs. Sorensen does it." Today we were getting ready to pray and we were taking prayer requests from all 3 kids and Annie rolled her eyes and said, " Do we have to do this EVERY day?" It was quite comical at the moment. So, I think we are dealing with some homesickness, or rather school- sickness. She misses the interaction she had with the other children. Please pray!

This was Annie counting bears. She liked this activity.

We are seeing our group grow each week. Our children from the street are coming now. We had 3 new ones come on Friday night. That has brought our numbers up by 4 now. We are encouraging these kids to bring their parents now. Pray that they would come.

Our neighbor, who is also our landlord, isn't doing well. His name is Adolfo and he has diabetes and is just deteriorating daily. He is a sweet man and he and his wife, Mada, have been so kind to our family. Please pray that we could help him to have comfortable last days. We don't know how long he will last here on the earth; but he is growing weary of this life. Yesterday he told Greg he was worthless. Ever since we got back he would hammer a nail in a board every morning. I couldn't figure out why and I have now realized it just gave him something to do each day. It is sad. Please pray for him as well.

This was Jerod on his birthday. Notice we didn't have candles. I thought I would say, "Poor us, didn't even have enough money to buy candles." It really is because I am a slack mom who didn't buy any! He liked the matches better, I think!

Okay my dad hates it when I say this kind of thing because he starts to worry; however, I would appreciate your prayers for our safety. Everything looks the same as it did when we left, but prayer never hurts! :o) Thanks for prayin' and for keeping up with us! Love you all! Missy