Children's Home

The last couple Fridays when we have gone to the Children's Home, Don and Caleb have been repairing bikes. They have replaced tubes and taken the bikes to the bike shop to have the chains shortened and replaced whole wheels. The kids were so excited and have been riding their bikes (they have 4 bikes for all of them to share). When Caleb and Don first fixed some bikes, we noticed that many of them didn't know how to ride a bike. They were very surprised when our kids jumped on the bikes and started to ride. Unfortunately, we did not bring our camera either of those Fridays so we don't have any pictures. We are hoping to add some pictures later.

This past Saturday we went to the Home to spend a couple nights there. There was a church service in one of the villages on Saturday night. Oralia and Sebastian and all of the older kids wanted to attend. We came to stay at the Home with the younger children so everyone could go. On Sunday, Don went to clinic while the rest of us colored and drew with the kids in the morning. We had purchased water balloons before we came and had saved them for this weekend. The water balloon fight turned into a huge water fight with everyone soaked by the end. Don missed it because he was at clinic but the kids all ran to tell him about it as soon as he returned. Sunday night we went to church. On Monday, I had promised to make Almuerzo Americano (American Lunch).

Most of the kids were in school but there were a couple around to help us. Wendy is stirring the Sloppy Joes and Angelita is stirring the "American Fries" (just fried cubes of baked potatoes for those of you not familiar with Cody's Steakhouse!).

Everyone was excited about lunch especially our kids. They were waiting at the door for the kids from the Home to return from school. Here Bethany is opening the door for Marta and the others.

Oralia is serving the sandwiches, potatoes and pasta salad.

I served the chocolate chip cookie bars!

Buen Provecho! (Notice Hannah's arm - remember the bikes? The one she was riding didn't have working brakes and she crashed. We think she bruised her wrist so Don wrapped it to help it heal. Apparently they need to work on the bikes a little more!)