Fun Times Together

Last Friday night, Marce, Yaneli, Yerania, Kenia, Tadeo, Mani, and I and Nere Arcoverde went to the open area between the school and the church diningroom and pulled each other around on blankets.  It was a lot of fun!

Saturday, Marce, Kendra, Kenia, Tadeo, Mani, and I went on a gator ride. It was a fun family bonding experience.

Saturday night before supper...I enjoyed seeing everyone spending time together.

  Saturday, the Congerville team arrived along with my friend, Kelly Waldbeser from Fairbury. We enjoyed a wonderful week with them and they just left this morning. Our new school has nearly all the dryvit on and a lot of the ceilings put in thanks to their work. They were our last team for about two months.

Friday with Friends

We are babysitting Angela's three girls today so we enjoyed a fun morning.

First the younger ones colored with markers,

  

while Kenia sprayed off the trampoline,

and I filled the tubs with water.

Tadeo decided he would rather watch

than get sprayed on the trampoline.

They piled into the tubs for awhile before laying out on towels to warm up

and afterwards sang on the trampoline

and played until lunch time.

Please continue to pray for our family here at Casa Betel and for all of CVE. Monday was moving day for three families. Joel and Kristy Leman moved off campus to a nearby home with their newly adopted son Gonzalo, their two little girls, and another on the way. Joe and Denise Maller moved to take their place as house parents in the "boys' house" and Endi and Alisha Ramirez moved to take Joe and Denise's place. All change causes pain in one way or another, so please pray that we will all take our pain, worries, frustrations, and fears to God and that we can all adjust, accept, and move forward.

Gift of the Week: Today and this weekend we remember the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. God rejected His OWN Son in OUR place, so that we could be redeemed and become His sons and daughters. Thanks be to God, our Father, for His unspeakable gift.  Thanks be to God that there is hope, and purpose, and love in this life and the expectation of a perfect life to come! Doesn't it just fill your heart with joy!