A good vacation with my family

The time I had with my family was so good! I took them to the best beach and introduced them to all the good food. I was so glad that they were able to see where I am and meet some of my friends here. And I'm glad that the kids got to meet them too! They were all counting down the days with me because they were excited to meet them. And I was so glad that Myrtille let me have the week off from work to be with them!

The last night that they were here, we were invited by one of the church elders of Jesus de Nazareth to their house for coffee and cake. He wanted to thank my parents for letting me come and help at Casa Hogar and to open up his house to us. He and his wife and family live in Las Brisas, a very beautiful part of town that overlooks the whole Acapulco Bay. He made it pretty clear that his house is our house and Emily and I are welcome to come over every weekend (and believe me, we will NOT pass up the opportunity).

One thing that happened while I was with the family is that, something happened with Casa Hogar's budget and they ran out of money for food. So ever since, they have only been able to afford for the kids to have a normal sized lunch, but breakfast and dinner have been bread and chocolate milk.

4 Days!

My family is coming to visit me next week! They will get here on Sunday afternoon and stay til Thursday. Please pray for them as they travel and safety and good times while they´re here.

I´ve been counting down the days til they get here for 3 weeks!

Rain and Slumber Parties

There was a storm that left huge puddles of water in our rooms two nights ago. And if our rooms were flooded, think of how bad the kid´s rooms were! They don´t have glass on their windows and lots of holes in the roof! It rains almost every night, but this storm was very big. School was canceled because the roads were flooded and kids couldn´t get to school, and last night, a tropical storm was supposed to come. So Emily and I decided to take the opportunity to sleep upstaires with the girls. The girls in my room, put three bunk beds together and all 6 of us slept up on top. It was a very good bonding time, and I really enjoyed being there with them. Everything was very wet when we woke up!

Thank you for your prayers, because the girls have opened up to me! I enjoy being with them.

Encouraged in Heart and United in Love

Apparently, Casa Hogar used to have a night of singing praise and worship songs, but over time it eventionally ended. So the other night, me, Emily, and one of the boys who plays the guitar, walked out into the Cancha and started singing. Soon, we had about 10 people all singing! All of the songs were songs that we sing in church, so I was able to sing along a little bit. We prayed before and after and one of the kids prayed and thanked God that Emily and I came to help them. It was a blessing to me and I hope we´ll be able to do that ofton!

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I am here to invest in these kid´s lives and really love them with Christ´s love, and sometimes I don´t really know exactly how to do that. Simply loving them is enough. A big thing has been helping them with their homework and studying for tests. I love it when they ask me to help them with their English homework because thats something that I know! There is a 6 year old boy who will always say ¨Help me, Sarah, help me!¨ When I go in to help with homework, and I just melt.


I have started making brownies for the kid´s birthdays. They really don´t get very much attention on their birthdays, and I´ve been trying to come up with ways to make it special for them. I usually take them to the store to let them get an ice cream, but I want to do more than that! So we have decided to have a big birthday part on friday nights for the kids who have birthdays in each month. So for example, last night we had a party for the kids who have birthdays in September and October with cake, ice cream, soda and balloons in our kitchen. And next week, we will have a party for the kids in November and December, and we are going to have parties for the kids who have birthdays when we aren´t even here! So that way, they will all have a birthday party with us. The party last night was very fun, and I think the kids liked it.

My purpose is that they (Casa Hogar) may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Collossians 2.2

Please pray for me to be a blessing to everyone here!

Vanilla Ice Cream

¨Why are those people staring at me?¨ - Me
¨Because you look like vanilla ice ceam.¨ - Josefina

Sometimes I find it hard to beleive that I really stand out THAT much, but then when I think about it...I do. I´ve only seen a total of about 10 Americans in the month that I´ve been here, so I am constatly stared at! Although last week, the cruise ships came into the bay, and I saw bus loads of Americans who were going on the cruises. But other than that, Acapulco is where tourists from Mexico City come.

I´m glad that I´m not a tourist - I live here!