Weekend Fun!!

I know it's already Thursday, but it's been a busy week. At least it hasn't been a month, right?We started up with brigades again last week. It was a very fruitful brigade week as you can see from Ryan's entry. Our team from last week was really a lot of fun to spend time with and get to know. The team leaders, John and Helen, were here in August and Reed and Ella had really taken to them then. So, both Reed and Ella were really excited for their return. They had a fun week of helping Helen stock snack trays and making her laugh. They were all a little sad when John and Helen had to leave on Saturday. We had planned on seeing the team off at the airport and then doing some grocery shopping so Reed and Ella decided to ride the bus down to the airport with the team. They like to ride the bus at any opportunity. As you can see they're pretty excited.

After a teary goodbye at the airport we made our way over to Pizza Hut for lunch. This was the pregnant lady's request. The kids had fun in the play area while Ryan, I, Denny, Donna, Jesse, and Rachel (fellow missionary friends) chatted. The pizza was great. I don't know what they do different at the Pizza Hut here, but it's awesome. It reminds me of Pizza Hut when I was a kid, I don't much care for it in the states now. Happy Joes is the way to go in MN. Anyway, after pizza we had a giant sundae for all (mostly Reed, Ella, and Denny). Ella was quick to grab the cherry off the top and give it to mommy. Isn't she sweet! Reed and Ella really thought it was great.

After filling our bellies full we got all of our shopping done and headed back up the hill to Denny and Donna's for supper and cake making. You may remember reading about Dilcia, Alexander, Alejandro, and Scarlet (Alison) in one of our early e-mails.

We met the family on our first weekend here and Denny and Donna have been very instrumental in helping this family find Christ. They live up the hill from us in Los Lomas in a small little dirt floor home. It scares me to think where they might be without the help they've been given. The baby, Scarlet, was born at 26 weeks gestation and sent home at 11 days old. She is now almost a year old and thriving. We thoroughly enjoyed her raspberry blowing and smiles. Both Alexander and Dilcia have attended weekend retreats where they accepted Jesus into their lives and this family has been forever changed.

We planned to celebrate Alejandro's fourth birthday over the weekend, so they all joined us for English speaking church on Sunday. Thankfully a translator, Miriam was willing to spend the day with us to help us all communicate. Miriam is one of the many teenagers who live at the bridge house that WGO runs. She is such a sweet young woman and she really enjoys all the kids.

After chuch we grabbed some lunch while the kids played and then we were off the the children's museum. The kids and I were pretty excited to go as we have wanted to since we arrived in May. Poor Alejandro though, he didn't want to leave the play area at the restaurant. That was plenty of fun for him, but as you can see from the photos, he cheered up and had fun at the museum.

Playtime!!! Slides, jungle gyms, dress-up, construction, shopping, loads of fun!

Shopping at the play grocery store was fun. Reed and Ella forgot to go to the play bank to get cash, so Reed went and came back to pay. Ella, well... she took matters into her own hands!

After they closed the museum on us we headed back up the hill for Cake and Presents!! Alejandro had a wonderful fourth birthday! It was a very fun filled weekend!

Kids Dancing at Chimineke!