The Girls

There's power in those women!

New Laundry Lady

It broke my heart to see Joyce laboring over the laundry daily, so I made a decision and got her some help. Now she will have some extra time to just relax.

First the new laundry lady tried sorting the clothes by smell instead of color, then she just threw them into the air and separated by what she did or did not catch, and finally she just quit!

It's very tough to get good help here!

Girls Day Out

Joyce took Fabiola, Rosa, & Karen shopping today for pants, shoes, & blouse...and I was lucky enough to drive them. Do you have any idea how long it took to purchase 9 items? We went to center city (old city) where the streets are barely as wide as our truck, people park everywhere, and there are hordes of people...sound like fun men?

There is shop after shop and there is some demonic action that takes place causing females to believe it is akin to dating the Anti-Christ if they miss one store. Not to worry, we didn't miss any!

Making headway on the air conditioning installation...now the girls and the little boys have air in their rooms. Hopefully tomorrow we will have it in the downstairs of the house and we pray by the end of the week the bigger boys will have it in their room. Thank you, Jesus!!!

Gershon & Mauricio

Please pray for Gershon & Mauricio to 'get it'. Everytime, everytime they are together they get into trouble. They had been suspended for a week from bicycle privleges and the first morning they lost them for another week. Then they lost the opportunity to join soccer and karate training, and now today they are in their rooms again....all for stupid things. It seems as if they can't keep themselves from disobeying, especially when they are together...and it's almost impossible to keep them separate. When you ask why they do these things, they just clam up and won't answer.

They need your prayers.

9:05 A.M. update

The monkey just stole a pack of garlic rolls off the kitchen table...Joyce is in hot pursuit and not happy with her buddy!

9:08 A.M. Joyce is back empty-handed and "doesn't want to talk about it." Guess the 'ole girl' isn't as fast as she thinks she is!

Child # 11

Again this morning we had our visitor for our morning Bible Study. Our monkey is cute and he sits and looks like he's really enjoying the whole deal; but, of course, it's all just a ploy to lull us to sleep. The funny thing is Joyce said she was happy when we didn't see them for three days, but now that's he back they are like long lost bosom buddies. Yesterday he perched on her head and sifted through her hair for fleas (gratefully he came up empty) and today she and the monkey were having a little one on one out back. The monkey was sitting on the wall and Joyce was bent over so they were nose to nose and as she spoke she scratched his chin...does that sound like someone who was glad they were gone?

A little later he took the lid off the garbage can and dove in head first...Joyce had thrown an empty KoolAid container in there and when our monkey came up he had a new RED FACE! He really is cute...he was sitting just outside our sliding glass door in the back and I told Pedro he was the "monkey guard". A little later I looked over there was Pedro lying on his stomach nose to nose with the monkey! Somehow I think they probably spoke the same language!

All this and it's only 7:58 a.m.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bible Study Participant

Joyce & I were doing our Bible Study at 5:30 this morning when I heard a little chatter behind me. One foot from me and three feet inside the sliding glass door was our monkey friend, calmly sitting on the floor looking up at me as if he were listening intently. Guess you can't get upset if he wants to hear the Word!

Joyce needed to get away for a bit so she worked up the courage to take our F-350 duel wheel truck into the city to get Angel a haircut. If you've never driven something that big in third world traffic you can't understand what it entails. Traffic laws only semi-exist and everybody tries to cut you off; combine that with a truck that size that she hasn't driven and you know how badly she needed a change of scenery.

Karen was outside riding her bike and just came running in the front door screaming...seems the monkey wanted to ride also! Have to work on Karen sharing more.

Joyce just made it back! I hope she doesn't think she needs "a little pinch between her cheek and gums" now that she drives the BIG TRUCK!