la esperanza

pet shop

helping with laundry

helping dada

Just to check in. Seems like we still havn't gotten started yet. We've been here about a month. Beto has started working in the alcoholic rehab center. He was also given a lot of wood from our pastor and asked to make, as a surprise, a bed for a 2 year old whose mother works for the pastors family as a maid/cook/etc. She is a member of the church. Her son is getting his own bed with guard rails like beto made for santi.

of course we enjoy going to church on sundays and tues. nights for prayer. The women have their special prayer time on Friday afternoons and sometimes Beto goes to the youth group meetings to help out. right now we are just serving wherever and whenever and in whatever capacity we can.

i enjoy staying home with Santi and taking care of the house. It's difficult sometimes when Beto has the car all day, but santi and i like to take walks or play outside.

tonight i've been asked to translate for a bible study that is led by a missionary. his spanish isn't perfect yet so he leads it in english and usually has a translator but that person is not available tonight.

we are in rainy season here but we like the cooler weather.

i'd like to add one last thing. santi likes to grab the(me or beto) face with both hands and kiss us. it's really cute.he's also learned from some kids at church how to raise his eyebrows and lift up his chin as if to say"sup?" with his facial expression.