Karen, Lupita and Karla
Lorena
Armondo and his bubble necklace
Belem's beauty salon
Julian
Adilene!
Javier and Felipe
Eliodoro and Julian. It's fun to see the way Eliodoro is gentle with Julian!
Maggie, Juanita, Belem and Joanna
The three amigas
Fabiola and Silvia
What a great group of guys!
Jackie enjoying breakfast.
ADORABLE!!!
Breakfast burrito
YUM!!!
Alondra
Katy!
Pals
Gabby and Sari
A happy Lorena
Another chess game!
Andrea
Ramon
Sisters!
Karla and Adriana...sweet girls!
Marta and me!
Lady and Miriam!
Ana!!! I love her!
Adrian and Abulardo
Jazmine is still the same....! :)
Chewy and a loaded water balloon!
Manicures were fun! Ruby and Karen loved it!
Leslie
Marsela
Vicki and Marsela...these girls are so sweet! Oh my!!!
Irving
Esther is a pro-bean sorter!!!
Oscar & Karla having fun!
A proud Andrea and her purse!
Me and my boys!
Peek-a-boo!
Luis!!!
Lupita!
How I love these kids!
Oscar!!!
Making a "Miss You" card for tio Gary!
Noema doing some work for Mama
Belem and Elveda
Tia Lydia hooks her camera up to the TV so the kids can see pics of themselves on the television. It's always a popular time!
Johana, Marsela and Vicki
Such beautiful girls!
Noema's "helpers"
Jazmine
Javier after a purple permanent marker's artwork.
A pretend boo-boo! Looked pretty authentic to me!
This little guy was covered with dust...didn't ask how.
Mexico by air...
Today I am sitting in my recliner in Michigan. I am not covered with dust. My hair is not windblown. I have eaten familiar food and feel rested. The smells are pleasant, and I see lots of green. But, oh how I wish I was in Mexico. There are no dirty little hands in mine, no sweet kisses planted on my cheeks, and it is too quiet. I know the Lord's hand is in all that has happened, but leaving Mexico early was difficult. The good news is the fact that I'll be able to return in a little over a month. Thank you, Jesus!
Rosa and Ed returned safely on Monday and the staff did a great job with the children, as usual. I am hoping that Mama and Papa will be able to keep healing and slow down their pace a bit.
They are desperately in need of mattresses. Many more children are needing to stay at the orphanage, but they are short on mattresses. Down there they cost about $200 a piece. They have plenty of bunkbeds but nothing to sleep on! If you feel like you would like to donate, let me know. I would be glad to bring your donation to Mama and Papa when I arrive in June.
In June and July there will be 2 different youth groups visiting Lily, both from Michigan. The Swine Flu scare is proving to be just a scare and the violence is on the decline. I am so thankful that people are still remembering Lily and scheduling visits! It will be very special for the children!
Please pray for the adoptions and 'orphan-status' cases that I'm working on. God is blessing. My prayer is that by next Mother's Day there will be even more Lily children here in the states celebrating with their new moms. These kids will always have Mama as a very special mom to thank the Lord for as well. God is faithful...He "places the lonley in families and brings them joy." If there are any mom's out there that has a space in their heart and home for an orphan, please follow the lead! There are over 143 million children who are dreaming of a forever Mom! Make their dream come true!!!
4 comments:
I get it. Oh boy, do I "get" those emotions.
We've been rushing about and trying to get our new house settled... then today i got a little stomach bug. Needless to say, the busy schedule has kept me from calling you!
I SO want to talk to you though. Therefore I will have to call you soon!
love you! Thanks for all the beautiful pictures and for loving on all those kids in our absence.
Can't wait to be there with you some time soon. :) merm
Is it June yet?? How long does a guy have to wait? Anyway, thanks again for the pics of those beautiful kids, especially you know who. I can't wait to see them again. I'm hoping you still have more pictures to ration out until we get down there. I'm Still praying the Holy Spirit will use the contacts you made at DIF to make the adoptions happen. There's plenty of room in our church family for more kids. Let's pray it happens soon. I'm not getting any younger-no comment Fred. Thanks again for all you do. Rog
Thanks so much for the pictures! I have been an emotional wreck for the past week. It felt terrible to leave early. and what makes it worse is i keep telling myself that I should be there right now too! Oh I miss it so much already! I hope you had a good flight home and definately will be emailing you soon.
Well now, always happy to see pics of the kids, especially when you know them, and enjoy the new ones too. I wouldn't mind going back again sometime, but only if I could help and it's all in Gods will and timing....I went 6 times in one year and still wondering how God did that....I wonder no more...Lord your will....Rog, you're getting older????....nah.. I'm not going to say anything....other than when I saw you and Ramon on that Harley did I detect a "little" difference, and when I see you with ....ahhhh , nevre mind....Linda , keep up the good works...cya in church.
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