In Mexico for the Holiday´s

Jorge and I are in Mexico for our holiday vacation, spending time with family and getting some rest...here are some photos of our time so far:

Our nephew´s son, Uriel.

Our niece, Blanquita with Papito.

Jorge sister, Isabel and her daughter-in-law, Cristina making chiles rellenos.

Cristina frying the chiles.

At the beach with Jorge´s sister, Lety and her daughter, Brenda.

Jorge and his mom!

Our niece´s daughter, Camila.

Jorge and I with our niece, Blanquita.

Blanquita and Mamita...80 years difference.

9 month old Blanquita is the newest addition to the family and her sister will be arriving in time for her first birthday!

Don´t you think she looks just like her Tio Jorge?!

Jorge´s brother, Chava and his wife, Rocio, grilling fish.

Chava, Rocio and Blanquita at the beach.

Pepito helping Brenda with her life jacket. (our niece and nephew)

The beach where we go in Pichilinguillo.

Annual Soccer Tournament

Before Jorge left for Mexico he delegated the responsability of organizing our annual soccer tournament to Guillermo and needless to say he did a great job. Everything turned out really well and the community had a great time participating.

Field Trip with Sponsor Kids

This month our Child Sponsor staff girls organized a special field trip in Cartagena. The kids got to enjoy the day with food and fun!

MEET YISELIS

DID GUILLERMO GROW A BEARD???!!!!

NOOOO!!! IT`S YISELIS (pronounced Jiselis) !!! OUR NEIGHBOR IN BOCACHICA!! WE ADORE HER!!

THIS GIRL HAS THE BEST LITTLE PERSONALITY!

SHE IS A NATURAL BORN LEADER. SHE´S SMART AND A HARD WORKER.

SHE LOVES JESUS!

AND SHE LOVES TO HAVE FUN!

YISE WITH HER MOM AND LITTLE BROTHER...

HERE SHE IS WITH HER HAIR FIXED...

AND WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE:

YAY YISE!!!!

Our New Ad!

We would like to say a special Thank-you to our friends at YWAM San Diego/Baja who gave us a special gift in the form of a free ad in the upcoming Go Manual, which is YWAM´s version of a directory and mission opportunity catalog. Special thanks to Brett Curtis for thinking of us and to Rosie Lambert for designing the ad for us!! Here is a sneak-peek at the ad! Isn´t it great?!

Proyecto Libertad Ad for Go Manual

Worm Infected Foot

Last week at the mission in Bocachica a man came with an infected foot. Conny, our mission nurse, began to clean the wound and found it was full of worms! The first day she got 8 worms out. A couple of weeks before the same thing had happend to our mission dog, Pibe, and the Vet had given us some cream to help draw the worms out and to help the healing process. We still had some cream left from the dog so Conny packed the wound full of it and sent him home. The next day he returned for more wound care and Conny got out 15 more worms. Now the wound is healing and the man is doing much better! (And so is Pibe!) :)

Misc. Recent Shots from Bocachica

Movie night with Plan Padrino kids...we have a really big screen and the kids loved it! They watched Herbie Fully Loaded. We also hosted a movie night for the parents and showed Fireproof.

Pilar with the ¨Apostle¨ Group doing a presentation at Thursday night cell group.

More physical therapy by Guillermo...

Guillermo also started an Aerobics class two mornings a week! It started out with 6 people and now there are over 30 people coming!

Ruth teaching a sewing class.

Pili had to wash dishes at the Feeding Center because Chile lost to Brazil (soccer, of course!)

Clinic Construction Continues

After the roof of the second wing was finished we started on the the interior and exterior walls. We should be finished raising the walls within another week or so.

Staff Retreat

In September we had a 3 day Staff Retreat at our house in Turbaco. The first two days in the mornings we had special guest speakers, Chip and Sandy Wanner from Arizona sharing about Team Building and Personal Working Styles.

Chip and Sandy Wanner

Erika and Jorge talking over the work styles test.

Then in the afternoons we played silly games together.

We ate good food and enjoyed each other´s company...

And we spent the last day at the Hilton Hotel enjoying a few hours of luxury!

GOT TIME?!

I just saw this on Facebook and had to share it:

I have only just a minute,
Only sixty seconds in it.
Forced upon me, can’t refuse it.
Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it.
But it’s up to me to use it.
I must suffer if I lose it.
Give account if I abuse it.
Just a tiny little minute,
but eternity is in it.

~Welcome McCullough

New Staff Arrivals

Abi (in photo with Marilisi, a Bocachica friend) arrived on Tuesday and will be with us for 3 months. She came with a team from her church in Minnesota this summer and just HAD to come back!! YAY!!!! :))


Rebecca, Thomas and Anais just arrived yesterday from Germany. They are doing an internship program called Welt Warts sponsored by the German government. Rebecca will be here for 6 months. Thomas and Anais will stay for 1 year!

More Kiki

I know you are all anxious to see how fast Kiki is growing so I am posting these photos JUST FOR YOU!!! :)))

She loves to use my feet and legs as her pillow!

She naps while I work! She´s a great office companion, until she wakes up and goes crazy with the papers and pens and whatever else she can get her paws on!

She loves to hear Jorge play the guitar!

Her big sisters have finally accepted her as part of the family!

She is very faithful at reading her Bible every day!



Today she caught her FIRST MOUSE!!! We are so proud!!!

President Uribe has Swine Flu!

Latest news...Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has swine flu! :(

The Rains Family

Another totally awesome (yes, I´m an 80´s girl) thing that happened last month was that my friends, the Rains Family, got to come to Cartagena for a whole month! Kevin, Tracy and I went to college together at Cedarville College in Ohio and Kevin is the one who first got me hooked up with YWAM . Kevin and Tracy are pastors at Vineyard Central in Norwood, Ohio and we hadn´t seen each other in like 16 years! Since then they got married, had two great kids, Izaac and Zoe, and became pastors with the Vineyard...so we had a lot to catch up on! They were in Colombia finalizing the adoption process for the cutest and sweetest little Colombiana named Treisy! It was truely a joy and an honor to be a part of that whole process with them and to witness first hand how the Lord knitted them together!!!



Here are a few of my favorite shots but you can see more photos of our time together here!

The Rains Family at the San Felipe fort in Cartagena, with the Colombian flag flying behind. Treisy adapted so well with her new family, it was amazing for all to watch! From the first day she called them Mamá, Papá, Hermano and Hermana...it was so cute and sweet to see. At the orphanage in Bogotá where she grew up they said that she has talked for years about how one day her ¨Papá Gringo¨ would come and get her and take her to the United States to live in a big house with siblings, and uncles and aunts and Grandparents. It´s really neat because that is exactly what happened. It´s as if the Lord was preparing her for what was to come!

Treisy, Izaac and Zoe at the beach.

Me and Treisy! The truth is that this little girl stole our hearts! She is such a charmer! She is such a talker, smart, funny, inquisitive, etc... it was a real joy to have met her!

With Treisy and Zoe on the wall of the old city. Zoe is a sweetie too...she is a little homemaker and was always keeping watch over Treisy!

Kiki

Almost 2 weeks ago this little cutie wandered into our lives...I heard quite the ruckus being made on the front porch and looked out the window to find my dogs trying their best to attack this tiny kitten...she stood her ground though and then I ran out and swept her up! Much to the dismay of my dogs, she has been here ever since and is now part of the family. She is quicky growing into her ears and keeps us laughing all the time with her mischeviousness and sweetness!