House of Joseph

Oh the House of Joseph. This house is the home that when I was originally accepted to work with WGO, I was told would be the "main" house that I would be working in. That has indeed stayed true, as I am in their house every month, except the 5 months that i was full-time in another home of precious kids.

I was in the House of Joseph again this past month for 5 nights...well actually turned out to be 4 nights...see next posting and you'll see why :)

Here are some pics of the kids in the house...it amazes me how much they've grown up since i was first there!!!

Marlon--"smile with your teeth showing!" (oh and a little food on your cheek :))

Wilson: his name should be "dennis the menice" :) hehe

Favio...being himself.

Kev: Heyyy!

show me your "pearly whites!"

Host Family Assigned!

I got my "host family" assigned to me......so everything is set for good ol' language school. I'm getting anxious to get there.....although it is going to really, really break my heart to leave the kids here. Sounds like i will be living in a busy/crazy but good host family/home. Better that then one where I would be bored, right!

I've been in the house of joseph this week and will be in it until Monday, when the foster parents get back from vacation.

Haha...funny story...I called the dentist today....there's some dentists in teguz that speak english. Well, i called and since in situations where it really matters if you get what you need across, i don't like to speak spanish i immdiately asked the receptionist if there was anyone there that could speak english with me. Well, she said no. But then took my name and phone number and WAS going to have the dentist call me back in english ....but then i guess she realized i could speak some spanish and went on to ask me what i needed and stuff...and ends up i made my appointment :) haha! It's times like those where i proove to myself that maybe i know more spanish than i thought :)

Have a great night!!!!

HERE ARE A FEW PICS THAT SOME OF THE KIDS TOOK, THAT I JUST THOUGHT EXPRESSED PURE JOY AND LAUGHTER :)

...joy...

...laughter...

...more laughter!....

Darwin :)

Here's a few updated pictures of Darwin. For those of you who do not remember, Darwin was the youngest of the four boys that I was foster-mom for, for 5 months. Those boys are all so special to me! Darwin was out on the campo with his new foster family the other day, so we got to have some hang out time!

so precious!

he's obsessed with cell phones! i thought it was funny it so looks like he's texting someone!

Yup! He turned the big 3 this month!

i love this kiddo!

Beautiful days and Soccer Games! ¡La Vida Bonita!

It has been absolutely gorgeous out lately! Yesterday I was substitute teaching all day...and sat outside for a bit during recess...and even got a tan!! woohoo! It's so nice to be getting into the summer weather again after rainy and cold!!! Here are some pics of the soccer game yesterday and the sky that was just gorgeous! God blows me away with his beauty constantly with the evening sky!

A bunch of us watching the game.

Kelly and I watchin' the game....yay! Kelly is *hopefully* going to be joining me in language school in June when she gets done teaching! Yay!

OKAY THE COOL COOL SKY PICTURES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE BUT THEY GOT DELETED ACCIDENTALLY AND WELL NOW THE INTERNET WON'T LET ME UPLOAD THEM :) SORRY~

the sky dark and eerie!

a nice action shot.....Obed kickin' it in

Kelly and I watchin' the game. We lost :( But it was fun anyways. Next game: the day i move to La Ceiba. My host family better love soccer ;)

A day in the life of.....

I'm trying to make a habit of writing on this blog much more than i used to.. so even though I don't have any fun pictures, I'm going to write today anyways :)

Yesterday was, as we call it here in Honduras, "The Day of Love and Friendship." For some reason I like that title better than just "Valentine's Day." It seems more meaningful! I had a good day hanging out with friends....my day went like this:

6:45am: wake up...don't want to get out of bed...have to get out of bed because I have soccer training.

7:00am: get to the soccer field. my coach is there but no one else showed up...again. So we wait for 25 minutes to see if anyone else is coming...and then head back to our houses.

7:30am: crawl back in bed and sleep until 10:30am! yay!

10:45am: get out of bed..re-count my money and write out information to make a deposit that my roommate is making for me at the bank today for me for my language school! yay! I'm officially paid....wooohooo!!!

11:00am: Kelly brings me Home Improvement Season 6....and gets 3 eggs to make cheesecake that we were going to eat for Valentine's Day Dinner

1:00pm: My roommate gets home from the city=deposit made! YESSS! success the first time, sometimes is unusual here in teguz!

I think my times are off now...oh well!

3:30pm: Go to a Mario Party Tournament...whoever wins the tournament wins the LAST caramel brownie/blondie. Competition is ON!

4:45pm: I tie for first in the tournament and receive my prize! (1/2 the brownie since it was a tie :))

5pm: Go watch the soccer game up on the campo.

5:10pm: It starts to pour...but it's okay cuz i brought my umbrella! I have everyone surrounded around me trying to stay dry while watching the game :) It was a fun game to watch!

5:30pm: Go back to my house, and get ready to go over to some friends for dinner.

6pm-9:30pm: Enjoy friendships, and an awesome dinner....and AMAZING cheesecake :) We had 3 types: plain, regular with mora (blackberry) topping/glaze, and chocolate! mmmm

9:30-midnight: relax at my house...watch some home improvement and read the last few chapters of the amazing book i just read "Every Now and Then" by Karen Kingsbury (my favorite author!)

Sooo I'm sure you all wanted an hourly update on my life so there ya go. Ha! If you made it this far I commend you :) and also wonder if you are bored? ;)

What happened to comments being made on here???? Does anyone read this anymore :( ?

WGO 25 years old...Re-play

I got this off my friend/co-worker Abby's blog and thought it'd be interesting to share with you a look at WGO since it began...highlights of what has happened through the years:

In September 1995 the first kids were taken off the streets to live in our first orphanage donated by John Arevalo. In November 2000 the first group of kids were brought to Rancho Ebenezer · May 2003 started the Bridge House (the house for college/young adults) · November 2003 Cloud Forest coffee started (2007 produced 16,000 pounds of coffee) · June 2004 electricity makes it up to the ranch · April 2005 bought new property for the Mission House (where the medical brigades stay) · May 2006 our first student is launched off into adulthood from the Bridge House March 2007 I join the ministry · May 2008 started building the new Mission House · July 2008 ministry now has 32 kids living at the ranch and 9 others living at the Bridge House (with one new house waiting for more girls to come from INFA)

A good quote ....

"Holiness is not God asking us to be 'good,' it's an invitation to be 'His.'

We belong to Him.

The best synonym for holiness is the word freedom.