!!MY PADRES ARE HERE!!

 Dad driving on his first day here ;)

 Mom and Dad ministering in the house~faithful servants. Love them and their example. 

 Little artists 

heads

...there is no soft way to break it to those of us from America (lice scares us to pieces)..but we have been having our own little usual small epidemic here...I was picking lice out of the little guys hair (the hair clippers are broken) and then little D wanted to check mine...after looking through like a little champ he gleefully informed me that I had lice, and some little black spec that he (somehow) found, AND I had dandruff (thanks to our salt-water showers)!! He proceeded to literally rip out the (lice?) which, upon investigation, was just junks of my hair. After about the third hunk of hair~he was then banned from touching my head ever (not really but it was one of those days)

Wanted to share so that you can form a "picture" of some of our bonding moments ;)

Today We Rejoice for We Know to Whom We Belong

Today at kids' club one of the young workers from Casa (9 years old who helps with the little, little kids) asked me if she could come every week to help. In Spanish she said, "because working with the kids is beautiful"! My response: YEESSS!!!!! Si! I am so blessed to see her young heart giving time to the Lord's work~and wanting to give more. My heart is jumping for joy ;) Also, the older kids, in kids' club, were writing out prayers. One of the boys wrote, "thank you God for being with me and a full life and help me know you more." This coming from a boy who lives in make shift house next to the dump.

 We are just clay jars and will turn into the dust that is so abundant here BUT, inside we have The Treasure and we are Treasured. I long to know that everyone in our small neighborhood hears the clear, life-giving Gospel. Please pray along with our little ministry team for a harvest of souls.

a long week

This last week i was, pushed once, confronted twice (face-to-face) and disrespected and disobeyed uncountable times...AND I am well and good~Praises to the Giver...after the worst two day I prayed and prayed and God gave me heart-healing devotionals and Bible verses. The verses would come to mind one after the other just in a steady stream of reminders of how Great Our God Is (thanks to my mother who had us learn verses and AWANA!)

Reality is that I was at the end of my rope and just prayed, "Lord I have failed at this and I'm okay with failing" and God continues to break me down and remind me that in my weakness He is ever stronger. Also, through a devotional I was reminded that it isn't the processes and routines of life that are most important. Routines become excessively important when taking care of 13 (getting the kids to bed, getting everyone in uniforms and fed in the morning, keeping peace, making special things, having talks, doing night time devotions with the kids, cleaning the kitchen, making breakfast, etc) BUT, it is Jesus and the time I give to Him that is MOST important. I have been missing the mark. Thank the Lord that He is loving in His corrections. 

morning reading

Proverbs 23:9-11
Don't waste your breath on fools, for they will despise the wisest advice. Don't cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers; don't take the land of defenseless orphans. For their REDEEMER is STRONG; He Himself will bring their charges against you. 

Good News!

Just wanted to share with you, loved readers, about an adoption that just went through!! Five siblings have been waiting over a year to go through the adoption process to be adopted by a loving family they know.We are so excited that the papers have gone through and they are on there way. Still waiting on a few more small things but nothing major. Praising Jesus with the kids and their new family!  :D We are all so excited and happy for them~God is Good and moves in Love.