¡Dios es Fiel!

Yesterday was a tough day. Well, busy and tough! I was in the clinic most of the morning and afternoon...organizing, inventorying, checking exp. dates, and delivering some meds. Whew...it was crazy! Then when the boys got home from school they all decided that fighting and being absolutely wild was going to be a "good" idea for the rest of the day! Ahhh! Thankfully the rain held off so we could go outside to try and wear some energy off for about an hour and a half :) Then got homework done, dinner ate, books read, prayers said, and off to bed!!! (i think it didn't help i was working all day, and so had little energy left when the kids got home!)

It DOWNPOURED like crazy last night. I just love nights like that, when you cannot hear anything but the pounding rain on the tin roof...just so peaceful. It's like the Lord saying...look...I AM right here..I AM. I AM powerful. I AM wiping away every tear, and washing away every frustration from the day before!!

Today I have no assistant...and it was only me and Darwin (the 2 yr old) for the morning cuz the others all go to school. Darwin was an absolute doll this morning! Cute as a button walking around the house "talking" on his fake cell phone, and the "conversation" must have been pretty funny the way he was laughing :) I cleaned, cooked, did laundry and wrote out the shopping list for tomorrow this mornin'...felt like a true stay at home house mom :)

The Lord truly is faithful. Just when i feel like i really need a break...it seems like it comes. Random offers from people to babysit are just such a blessing! I do love the kids, i love them tons...and am thankful for the breaks so that i can continue to have energy to mother them!

My friend Danie just moved here from teh states to teach at Academia Pinares! I'm sooo excited! It is SUCH an answer to prayer that she has moved down here. A breath of fresh air!!!

Much love to you all....leave comments :)

Sara

days off and the smell of roasting coffee

I never knew that coffee smelt like it was absolutely burning when you roasted it!!! eww! Not really a fan of the smell, but it is actually growing on me. It's a new smell here on the ranch, since we are now doing the whole coffee process from growing to roasting!

It's my 3 days off again! Woohoo! It's been so nice to relax, take a bath, read, browse people's blogs, and will be nice to spend time with friends also!!!

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Welcome a new BELIEVER to the family of God!

Wow...tonight was an interesting night. One of the boys was disobedient, and so he had time out, and then was disobedient during time-out, so had to go to bed early. While i was dealing with that boy in a different room, the four year old thought it was opportune time to throw his food (noodles with spaghetti sauce/mozz. cheese/broccoli etc) all over the kitchen/living room on the walls and everything. Well needless to say, he got a time-out, and also went to bed early. So i was left with the 5 year old (junnior) and the 2 year old. So, while the 2 year old ran around or read his own books, junnior and i did our nightly bed-time story reading of a kids story bible. It so happened to be the stories (we read 2) about Christ's crucifixion. Junnior was very into it (which normally when the other boys are there he is very distracted to say the least), and kept asking questions. Afterwards, i told him the choice we have to make, and how cool it is that we have Jesus to save us, and that we have the choice between heaven and hell. Well, it really hit him. He started crying saying he didn't want to go to hell, and wanted to go to heaven. We continued to talk, and i felt like he really understood the seriousness of this and asked if he wanted to pray and thank God for sending Jesus to take the punishment for our sins etc.. and he did. SO, there, in the living room with the other two punished boys crying in the background and the 2 year old running around, i felt the biggest peace as Junnior prayed and thanked God for sending Jesus to take our punishment. Who knows if this is the first time that Junnior has done this (he may have with other house parents that i am unaware of), but with his sincerity and understanding this time, it was just an amazing moment to talk spiritual things with him, and to see his sensitivity to it. And a time to rejoice in his choice to join the family of God!

I'm rejoicing that Junnior has made this choice, and that he seems to really understand the seriousness of it!!

Thank you, Jesus.

Join me in welcoming Junnior to the family of God!

"i love you mom"

the boys are calling me mom now..... :)


i hear "i love you mom" all the time...


i love them too.

Perspective Change....

Today i went shopping with 4 other female missionaries here on the ranch. We went into one store (like a walmart), and we were all shopping around. I started laughing at myself as almost everything i looked at, i looked at from a different perspective than i used to. It was like this... "hmm...i sure could use more containers for leftovers...." or "the boys could use this...." or things like that. What made me laugh the most was what i left the store with: 3 new little cute water bottles for the boys to bring juice to school in for snack time, and pull-ups for nighttime. Ha! I felt very excited and satisfied about my purchases, too.....

.....what a change of perspective.....from me to we to them......

thanks, God.

What's been going on lately??

Well, i haven't posted lately cuz honestly, life has been difficult and by the time i get a chance for myself, i don't feel like blogging :) Why has it been difficult?? Well.....it's just hard to be a single mom of four little ones!

Yesterday and last night i was able to take 24 hours off, and so that was nice. It was even better because i was able to spend some quality time with some of the older kids on the ranch...who i've missed being able to hang out with. Also because all the singles on the ranch here had what we call "family night." It is where we all gathered in one of the single housing and have a big family dinner. It was a great time of fellowship...and guitar hero :)

I will also say there was a frusterating point yesterday and i will not go in to it any more than this: i hate rumors, and everything that can go along with them. We as Christians need to act as God would have us act....if we have concern for each other...confront each other...don't go "expressing your concern" to others....espessially if you were asked not to spread rumors about certain things.

Today, i'm back with the kids. It's been GORGEOUS weather out lately, and so we spent about an hour outside playing in the sun today, until everyone got to hot! It was absolutely wonderful!

Then, i've decided to move the 4 year old into a room of his own, so that he won't keep the other boys up so much, as he's been having a very hard time obeying and going to bed well. He was pretty excited to move, so all of us together worked to move all his stuff into his new room :)
It will be interesting to see how it works out.

Also today i wanted to have all the boys try on all the pants/shorts that they owned so i could see how many jeans they had for school (they wear uniforms and jeans are part of them but jeans have to be nice...with no holes). So we did that for a long time....getting rid of the high-waters, and separating "play-clothes" and "school/church clothes." The boys enjoyed it, too...seeing what they had and realizing they were GROWING!!! :)

I would love to hear from all of you. I have heard it's hard to leave comments on here...that's wierd. Hit me up on my e-mail then.... sarainhonduras.blogspot.com

Much Love,
Sara

Some pics of my kids :)

Pictures of the kiddos....leave comments!!!! :)

darwin loves to goof around at dinner time :)

i would decide to take pictures at dinner time on tuna casserole night wouldn't i?? :)

Here is the photo shoot.....trying to get a good shot right before bed time!

can we say cheesy smiles??? :)

this shows their personalities pretty well!!!


yay!! a great one!

L-R: Cristian (4), Junior (5), Darwin (2), Enmanuel (6)