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.

here we go again…

July 8th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I think a lot of people of have memories of going on a long road trip, usually as a once or twice in a lifetime thing.

I can’t even count how many road trip memories I have now.

Growing up, I thought our 8 hour trips to PA were so LONG. Now, any drive you can do in 24 hours is a piece of cake.

Early, early tomorrow morning- la madrugada, as they call it here, we will take off on yet another long long road trip.

At the moment, things are pretty much ready. Adam is sleeping, and I am entertaining the boys, keeping them up as long as possible, since we want them to sleep as long as possible in the car.

I was going to give them a shower, but I just discovered we have no water. I have no idea why. So we are back to bouncing around the living room.  Children seem get faster and crazier the longer they stay up, rather than slowing down.

Keep us in your prayers as we start the journey north. We’ll be seeing many of you soon!

ONE

June 29th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Anson turned 1!!!

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It was a sad day.

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But cake made him feel a little better about getting old.

I can think of lots of words  in Spanish to describe Anson. “Mischievous,” “Troublemaker,” “Handful,” are some the English ones that fit Anson.

He is very dramatic. Being told “No” is cause for huge dramatics like throwing his head back and howling, or sitting down hard and banging his head on the floor. He gets told “no” alot since he is continually getting into something new every day.

He eats anything, including bugs, ants and wasps.  I am amazed that he rarely turns down anything I give him to eat (oh and don’t worry, I’m not serving him bugs for lunch, he finds them on his own). Any vegetable is fine with him. He gets very excited when he sees his red bowl or his little yogurt cup.

He tries to copy whatever we do. He loves doing the motions to the song “A Wise Man Built His House Upon a Rock.”

He LOVES Alistair and follows him around all day. He also loves balls and balloons.

Discussing their plans 

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Examining something interesting

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We love him very much!

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