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The Gospel is about transformation-the transformation of our lives by the life of Christ within us. We have to ask ourselves: Do our lives reflect the grace,truth, and love we have received through Christ?* *shine

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Yes this is the daycare..............we are getting so close.





We finally have a roof!
We are working on the gutters and drainage system this week. We are going to collect the water in the big black tanks and the pilas to help save money in the future. There is no running water yet but we hope in the future to have water and electric. One step at a time. God has met all of our needs and continues to provide. He has brought the most amazing people into our lives. People that saw a need and reached out with love to help meet it.


The floor still needs poured and the toilets and sinks are going in soon. I am so ready but I try to remember Gods time in not always my time.



As we get ready for the next phase, one of finding the right people to run the daycare and work with the children, we are asking for your continued prayers and support. We ask that God directs our paths to the people he would have us hire for this awesome task of loving and caring for his most precious little ones.






Nashli



She is walking!


When she wants.


She is starting to take those first few wobbly steps.


She stands up looks to make sure we are all watching

and then one shaky step, leans back, leans forward gets her balance


and then another step. Same thing over again.


She isn't getting anywhere fast but she is getting there.


Every step meets with applause from us adoring fans.


It wont be long before she is running,
where does the time go?




Seems like just yesterday it was Suani letting go of my hand and taking those first baby steps.


Now it is Nashli and Jami is coming up next.
She does still need her rest after each performance.

Monday, March 24, 2008





Congratulations Keidi,










The newest member of the kitchen family has arrived. She still doesn't have a name but she sure has a sweet disposition.






She was born on March 5,2008. She was a couple of weeks early due to Keidi taking a fall. Both mother and daughter are fine.



She is so tiny that Katrina and Jen are a bit afraid to hold her. Katrina holds her but feel as if she might break her and Jen just says not yet.



I hold her every chance I get. She is just a little bit of a thing. Her sweet little body snuggled up to mine. Her tiny arms stretch out and her face scrunches up as we dare disturb her rest. I know that she will be catching up on some weight soon, every time you brush her little cheek she turns that head looking for food.




Keidi is so young, Just turned 16 last month and her daughter Suani just turned two. She has not had an easy life and I worry about her. She is a very smart young woman, she attends English class with Jen and picks up things so fast. She is a very hard worker and thanks to the church that sponsors her she has been able to provide for her family. She will always do the jobs that no one wants with a smile and positive attitude. She is very young but she is devoted to the care of her children.





It breaks my heart to see her giggling and being silly with Katrina ,who is six months older than she is, acting like a teenage girl and then she hears her babies and it is like magic. Her face changes her body language changes, she becomes a mother and leaves the little girl behind as she goes to tend her little ones.




She brings Suani to Sunday Outreach and sits and helps her. But I see a thirst on her face and as the class progresses Keidi is raising her hand to answer the questions and working on the craft projects. When she first came I thought she would be able to help me with the children but I see now that she wants to be in the class as well and while she is older than the norm bringing Suani lets her feel that she has a reason to be there.




I wish that Keidi had the time to be a teenager without the worry of how to feed her family, without the worry of being a mother, without the worry of being with a man the last three years who is abusive. I would love to see her giggling and listening to music with the girls instead of nursing a baby, hauling water or scrubbing toilets.





But that is not what is. So we make the best of reality. Keidi has a good job and she loves working in the kitchen and with the children, she has become a dear piece of my life, she gets plenty to eat in the kitchen, we are working on her self value, she is a loving and concerned mother.









It is my prayer that God will watch over this child of his, he will continue to provide for her, and that she will see that she is a treasure of a great price.

Sunday, March 23, 2008



Mr. and Mrs. Salgado



Because you have shared in


our lives through your


friendship and love, we


Jennifer Michelle Arnold


and


Josue Misael Salgado Ferrera


invite you to share the


beginning of our new life


together when we exchange


marriage vows


on March 22, 2008 at 1:00pm


in Santa Lucia, Honduras























It was a beautiful day and a beautiful start to a new life. They say a picture is worth a thousand words.............I see one word on Jen's face.......love.