Youth Sunday at our church here in Guatemala. Yes, even Grayson was SINGING! The kids are getting involved in the youth group. Their youth pastor is on the left with the guitar and his wife is sitting down playing the bongos. Our pastor is in the suit singing.
Cooper played the guitar and Jacob is playing the piano.
David has started what we are calling "a coffee ministry". Every morning he is taking coffee to our guards and trying to build relationships with them. There are close 25 different dilects of Spanish in Guatemala and so there is no assuming that a person speaks " regular" Spanish when you are talking to them. This morning I passed an older man on a bicycle and I said "Buenos Dias" and he answered me "Ocha" (O- chhhhhaaaaaaaa) . okay...that was different (heehee)
At our language school we celebrated a students birthday. Yes, they really do use pinatas for celebrations here ! This is the courtyard of our school. Every student is with their own teacher and our tables line around this courtyard. Beautiful isn't it!
This was the straw that broke the camels back so to speak with our lack of car situation. This was the LAST taxi that I put our kids into. I have no idea who this wonderful man is but his vehicle was sketchy at best. The ride to the city should have taken him about 1 hour and I think that he made it in 4o min. You can tell by the look on the kids faces that they were asking " are you kidding mom?! " They were crammed in like sardines. The photo really doesn't do the situation the humor or un- nervingness (is that a word? ) that it deserved. Anyway, the Lord provided us an 11 year old Honda van only about 3 days later. It has a small water leak in the radiator and I couldn't feel like I had been given a bigger piece of gold. This would have driven me crazy in the states but here I take GREAT JOY in loading up the car and checking for all 8 kids, backpacks, snacks, water bottles and the jug of water for the radiator. I love it !
This was the straw that broke the camels back so to speak with our lack of car situation. This was the LAST taxi that I put our kids into. I have no idea who this wonderful man is but his vehicle was sketchy at best. The ride to the city should have taken him about 1 hour and I think that he made it in 4o min. You can tell by the look on the kids faces that they were asking " are you kidding mom?! " They were crammed in like sardines. The photo really doesn't do the situation the humor or un- nervingness (is that a word? ) that it deserved. Anyway, the Lord provided us an 11 year old Honda van only about 3 days later. It has a small water leak in the radiator and I couldn't feel like I had been given a bigger piece of gold. This would have driven me crazy in the states but here I take GREAT JOY in loading up the car and checking for all 8 kids, backpacks, snacks, water bottles and the jug of water for the radiator. I love it ! 
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Just a tip for the water leak. Keep a can of black pepper in your van. When it is low pour in about half of a small can and fill up with water. It will hold you for a couple of weeks at a time. Good Luck and God bless.
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