All that Jazz!

Rosa, Fabiola, & Karen headed to jazz class

Not so Fast..........

I'm still in Honduras! The plane from Miami never made it so I'll try again tomorrow. On top of that someone hit an electric pole near our home and we were without electricity all day and it was sweltering!

I did get my fine paid to get my Visa legalized, so I should be good to go tomorrow.

The kids are excited because two friends are coming from the states to spend a week with them. Hope you're well rested Marilyn & Jessica!

Off to the States

Tonight is my last night in Honduras for 18 days and I have mixed feelings already. I have really been looking forward to getting a break and just sitting on my little hill in TN. but the kids are already pulling on me.

Joyce has some church friends coming in on Sat. to help her out, Marilyn Parker & Jessica Ervin, who have both been here before and know the kids well so it will be a good fit. The kids will be kept busy and Joyce will have plenty of help. The next week our daughter Nicole Adams is coming down of course, Joyce is looking forward to that. This will be Nicole's first chance to meet the kids and she's excited. Then the last few days our tutor will be spending all day here to help Joyce until I return.

I have a big Board Meeting on the 29th, some church meetings in Tampa, Plant City, & Clearwater and then head to TN. Please keep Joyce and the kids in your prayers, as I know you always do.

Plodding Along

Another morning in the dentist's chair....got Claud off and on his way to see his family again; just a reminder to pray for their resources as they prepare to come to the field full time.

The three older kids continue w/their testing; today was science, tomorrow is social studies...they've been working hard so we're all hoping for good scores.

Right now the therapist is working with Pedro's voice and motor skills.

Joyce took Antonio and Jesus to the University Dental School today for their cleaning and rescheduling for additional work.

Frustrations

Spent another day going from office to office trying to get my Visa back in good standing....will try again tomorrow. Sometimes it gets really, really frustrating dealing with the ineptness here.

Kids are working hard this week as they have tests akin to the progress tests the 'no child left behind' program has. Earlier in the week it was Spanish, today was math, and tomorrow is science. They aren't liking the fact that someone is making them sit still and study, but they're doing it.

Tomorrow our friend from MI., Claud, returns to his family. Claud has been a real blessing to us and we've really enjoyed his company. He definitely knows drilling and will be a huge asset to us when he and his family get their funds raised to move here on a permanent basis. Pray that God will bless them with the resources they need to fulfill the dream of the heart...to go and serve!

Just Things

Claud & I are still under the weather and ready to get "out from under it"!

The children are all still on meds, but none are getting any worse...holding their own.

Big Spanish test tomorrow for our 3 fifth graders....we're planning on hearing that the 'Coder' kids are the smartest in the whole school! They've been working hard over the weekend.

We found out one reason for Angel's constant screaming is he can't hear well...his ear was so impacted with wax that it took the doctor two treatments to get it all out. Tomorrow he goes for a hearing test.

A Day to Forget...........

Dentist all morning, flu all day! Now Claud has it too!

Flu, flu, go away; come again some other day.......