Keep praying for Luz y Vida...

For "Dia del Niño" we were able to "make a cow" (put money together) to take the kids to "Crepes and Waffles," an experience they'd never otherwise have - fun placemats, visits with the profes, and ice cream.... Mmmm...

 

 Pray for the hearts of the children to be softened to the things of the Lord, that they may grow in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and man. 

Pray, too, for the volunteers who remain, for strength, joy, and patience... especially pray for more Latin long-term volunteers to come.

To say the least, leaving was hard on me!

I have the camera more during free time....

We celebrated Resurrection Day with a nice big breakfast, followed by church, and visits with ministry parents..... 

And are you surprised? We love to eat and therefore we love the kitchen!

Well, the "tejo" mud was just as much fun as tejo itself... The game involves throwing heavy clay disks at these mud pits with the goal of setting off a firecracker buried deep inside...

And this is the last "tierra caliente" picture. I discovered swimming is much more fun when the water is warm.

Random things from the ministry...

So this is the team - or most of it. The picture was taken the day of our "despedida" - the good-bye party for two of us who leave this month..

And this is my "patrona," my much-loved director from Luz y Vida - and she really is Colombian!

THIS is why we needed to fix the roof in Luz y Vida.

Does he not look like a different person? Maybe it's the changing of the guard in caregivers or maybe just the effect of 6 months of growth...

Hot Country

We went to Tierra Caliente.... I liked seeing the mountains, the clouds, the cows.... 

:-)

Check out the trees. The only place I could get a really good picture, but... the bigger tree is a coconut tree, the smaller platano (except not yet fruit bearing). And yes, the water slides at the motel were awesome!!!

And here's about half of those who went... 

Saturdays in CaZUca

At the end of the day... I find myself falling in love with yet more kids, esp. the 3 on this end. What a sweet, sweet family.

I've had the privilege of going two Saturdays to help with these sweet, needy kiddos. Take a wild guess and I bet you can figure out which day we did Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and which day we did salvation bracelets...

We haven't forgotten the childrens!!!

Ministry life does go on in the midst of all our fun. I'm not working in the Other Way anymore, but these pictures are too precious to not post! Now, the last two pictures are my little darlings....

My little "curso" has 5 if they all come - that is a rare day... the Lord knows what I can handle and there are days when 3 are a handful even if I happen to have the unusual blessing of an assistant! About the picture... let me add that the most peaceful moments in my room are when we are reading a story. They love the pictures, the story, sitting together, and correcting my bad Spanish.... :-)

More things to see as you WALK in Bogota

The buildings are old, and they're cool. Do you know the first Colombian university was built just a few years before the U.S. was discovered?

The guards are on every corner, but only for the presidential palace do you find such splendor as this.... And the military police below are all around the government buildings.