Ever and Jennifer
Our delicious Sunday dinner brought in by a local business. YUMMY!
Katy got burned in the tortilla room.
Samuel and his soccer buds.
Smart rat & bird slayer....
Oliver
Lorena
Elvida and Brenda
The soccer game paused for a pic
Who needs doors???
Papa with a few of his kids....
Teena may be helping Marcos with sign
Ana and the rat slayer
I'm loving on Yazmine for ya, Jean!
Karla with her Vito. She already made me promise she can have his picture!
Julian and Lupita
Ruby trying not to spill...but it didn't work
Corn on the cob was donated for us to eat! The kids enjoyed it but it was like half-dried field corn. I almost felt like I should 'moo' after eating it.
Nancy and Mireala
Yazmine serving in the kitchen.
The tortilla room
Silvia with flour....
Sundays have always had a special place in my heart...and today is no exception. Starting the day off at church and enjoying the relaxed pace afterwards is so refreshing. The children are playing and the air is filled with happy noises and the birds are singing to the top of their lungs. Visitors come to spend time with Ed and Rosa and dote on the children. It's a day without so many chores and time for a nap. Everyone is enjoying the warm weather and I'm soaking up the sun. I do feel bad for Rosa. She looks very tired but she is still a gracious hostess. Ed is busy taking his kids to visit pastors and the home of the handicap men...so Rosa can 'rest' here. :)
I had a great one-on-one time with Mark and Jean's Angel. We had a nice talk and it was good to just be able to talk without interruptions. He is so excited to think of his family being together at last in Michigan. With his one sister in Chihuahua and his 2 brothers at Mercy Orphanage, it has been very difficult for him. He is very excited at the thought of being Mark and Jean's son.
What a whirlwind! We have just survived the dark past 3 days of Halloween, the the 2 day celebration of the dead. I am glad that is behind us. It is so dark down here...and the evil is so open. Black magic, witchcraft and demonic posession is out in the open....and I don't like it. "Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world."
A COOL BREAKTHROUGH! This evening there was a boy who said his mother would be visiting. I have been working to get termination of the mother's rights because the two boys desperately want to be adopted. I was told I missed her visit...but then she returned. I literally ran to the gate yelling like a crazy lady trying to catch her before she left. To make a long story short, after talking to her, she said she didn't want to sign off on the boys. I loved on her and told her that I needed to ask because of the boys wishes. As I walked away I felt like someone punched me in the stomach and it just felt wrong. I cried out to God and couldn't understand the strange turn of events since everything seemed to be pointing towards their possible adoption. Anyway, Rosa just happened to be by the gate as she was seeing a visitor off and she walked over to talk with the boy's mother. The biological told Rosa of my talk with her and Rosa took the ball and ran with it. By then I was back by the basketball court and the boys came running after me yelling at the top of their lungs..."She said YES, she said YES!" I grabbed their hands and ran back to the gate to speak with the biological mom again. Indeed, she did change her mind and knows that this will be the best for the boys. (The boys have been here at the orphanage since they were toddlers...and are now 14 & 13.) So, please pray that she will follow through with this. I told her I want her to think about this for at least a day and then Alex and I will take her to the judge to get her rights terminated. I wish you could see the joy in the boys' eyes! They are pumped!!!
My second great news of the day is not as big...but pretty fun. NO MORE TUNA IN THE EGGS!!! Rosa sadly told me that since the donations have been down, they have had to cut out buyig tuna for the scrambled eggs! I couldn't even fake a sad look...my face lit up like a light bulb. Then, Rosa said, "Really, I am not kidding, we aren't able to have tuna in the eggs!" When I started clapping and told her that the 'no tuna in the eggs' was the best news I've heard so far, she couldn't understand. That's OK. I don't understand why anyone would even think of tuna scrambled eggs. YUCK!!!
More great news. I talked with Memo today and he is going to help me get the building project all lined up so our MI-KEN-OAKIE team can hit the ground running. This was such a relief for me...because my mind doesn't naturally think BUILDING SUPPLIES, BUILDING PLANS, ETC. If we were needing to plan a shopping trip...now that's another story. Am I confessing too much? Sorry.
I loved on the kids again for you. They are all so desperate for hugs and kisses. I want to tuck them all into bed and sing silly songs to them. I want to hold them all as they drift off into sleep. Jesus, I know you love them, but I wish it were me in this home as a child and they could enjoy a terrific childhood like I've had. But, this is part of my BIG and LOVING God's plan. Do I understand it? NO. But I trust Him...and I rest in that thought.
P.S. Thanks for the foot advise...'nurse' Teena said it's looking better today. The girl is on antibiotics now too. My dad always wanted me to be a nurse but they do no good laying on the ground in a dead faint.
