Here we are in the middle of May. Wow! The year is almost half over. Amazing how time seems to fly. So we had a week off in April for Semana Santa. I stayed home and enjoyed it immensely. I washed windows and curtains, etc. I made sure I went to town just about everyday to keep from becoming a hermit which I could do with no trouble.
Mother's Day has come and gone. I talked to my children in the states by Skype or email, etc. Thanks kids!!!! I do miss seeing you on this particular day. And some of my students here also blessed me. One brought me lunch, another brought me a really nice Dumb Cane plant, and tonight my one class of four students, with one adult, is taking me to the pizza place here in town. And I can't forget Will. He knocked on my door early morning on Mother's Day to tell me happy MD and then gave me two yellow roses from the yard here. And of course he had a big bouquet for his wife. I thank the Lord for him and his family always. We had our normal Mother's Day celebration at school. It was good.
So I just returned from having pizza with my class. What fun we had speaking in English and Spanish. My adult student who is a teacher in the public school here kept reminding the girls to use English. The girls presented me with a coffee mug filled with goodies, and my adult student gave me a top with a picture on the front representing Valle. What a great surprise! As we were talking about this and that, the subject of my age came up. And when I told them that I would be 70 in September, they looked a little shocked. So I asked them how old they thought I was, and they all in unison said 55! I wanted to kiss them all! So that's twice in the last two weeks that I've been told 55. Interesting. God has blessed me with good health and friends in this new land called home. He always gives blessings for faith in his word and obedience. When he says go, you go. When he says do, you do, yes? We learn those things in the process of learning who our God really is. That doesn't mean that we don't stumble and fall at times. But he is there to pick us up, and we learn from those times.
So what is happening here? Well, supposedly there is a new public school opening near us. The government has promised to pay parents if they will send their kids there. Interesting. Teachers were a little concerned, but like I told our director, God knew about this long before she did. And He has a plan regardless of what does or does not happen with the other school. We need to watch and see how he works. Isn't our Lord the best? Nothing happens or is planned without His knowledge, and that's knowledge to rest in. We will continue to do what God has called us to do. Some things have been said against us by the person who has authority over the opening of the school, but the battle is the Lord's, and whoever fights against us when we aren't even fighting is really fighting against the Lord, and we all know who wins that battle. So God's will be done.
A team of young people from LSU will be here next week to minister to the kids at our schools here in Macuelizo and Tegucigalpa. That will be a busy week.
So I do believe that the rainy season has started. It has rained some every night this past week. That also means some cooler weather especially at night. Yeehaw!! Valle has such good sleeping weather all year round. I love it.
So now it's time to get busy. Be blessed.
Well, I just remembered something that happened last week, and I have to record it before I forget it again. I have found that when you are living in a foreign country, you can miss the goofiest things sometimes, like cherry pie, the Olive Garden, etc. Well, one day this past week after we boarded the van to come home, I had the strongest desire come over me. I wanted so badly to walk down my lane, open my mailbox, and reach in and pull out a letter or even a flyer! I didn't care as long as it was real handable(is that a word?) paper something. I just wanted a real paper letter. Yes, I know I can print an email. Sorry, it's just not the same.
So what is happening here? Well, supposedly there is a new public school opening near us. The government has promised to pay parents if they will send their kids there. Interesting. Teachers were a little concerned, but like I told our director, God knew about this long before she did. And He has a plan regardless of what does or does not happen with the other school. We need to watch and see how he works. Isn't our Lord the best? Nothing happens or is planned without His knowledge, and that's knowledge to rest in. We will continue to do what God has called us to do. Some things have been said against us by the person who has authority over the opening of the school, but the battle is the Lord's, and whoever fights against us when we aren't even fighting is really fighting against the Lord, and we all know who wins that battle. So God's will be done.
A team of young people from LSU will be here next week to minister to the kids at our schools here in Macuelizo and Tegucigalpa. That will be a busy week.
So I do believe that the rainy season has started. It has rained some every night this past week. That also means some cooler weather especially at night. Yeehaw!! Valle has such good sleeping weather all year round. I love it.
So now it's time to get busy. Be blessed.
Well, I just remembered something that happened last week, and I have to record it before I forget it again. I have found that when you are living in a foreign country, you can miss the goofiest things sometimes, like cherry pie, the Olive Garden, etc. Well, one day this past week after we boarded the van to come home, I had the strongest desire come over me. I wanted so badly to walk down my lane, open my mailbox, and reach in and pull out a letter or even a flyer! I didn't care as long as it was real handable(is that a word?) paper something. I just wanted a real paper letter. Yes, I know I can print an email. Sorry, it's just not the same.
