July 16th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Grateful:
We arrived at our friends‘ in Illinois on Monday. The trip up through Mexico and the US was long, but uneventful, despite our car’s rocker arms (I didn’t even know cars had them) failing. So we are staying here longer than planned, waiting for car parts to arrive.
Tired:
I still feel worn out from the trip up here. The boys are having a great time. Alistair has been taking naps every day- he plays so hard.
Adjusting:
In Mexico, we get used saying whatever we want, knowing no one is going to understand us. I have to remember this doesn’t work back in my home country.
Example- Today, I was waiting with the boys in a health clinic to get their immunizations. The nurse was taking forever and the boys were getting antsy. So I said,”This is taking SO long!.” Then I heard the receptionist say, “Sorry!”
Whoops, I forgot she could understand me.
Horrified:
The other day, I was talking with a woman whose sister and husband are missionaries in Peru. They run an orphanage there to take in babies that are unwanted by families in the villages. When a family believes they have too many children, they throw one off a cliff, or into a river or throw him/her to the pigs. Once, the missionary woman saw some village mothers and their children getting ready for a hike up in the mountains. She remarked that it was a fun thing to do. The women snickered and said they come back with less than they go up with- meaning they leave children up there to die.
I am still in shock and horror over this. I want to race down there and gather up all those poor babies and children.
How hard must a mother’s conscience be to do something like to their own child?
Alone and Quiet:
Everyone is downstairs watching a movie. I was too, but Anson was fussing and feverish from his shots, so I came upstairs. He is sleeping now. And I think I will go to sleep too. I’ve been staying up way too late these days.
pray for those babies in Peru and the missionaries trying to save them.
