The Best Bouquets!

It’s spring! Wildflowers are in bloom everywhere, and my Little Man picks a bouquet for me as he leaves the school…

“From my 👦, with 💙!”

Moon and Mars!

Moon and Mars, as seen from Montevideo tonight...

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens...

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?

(Psalm 8)

¡Flores Silvestres del Uruguay!

Me encantan las flores silvestres...

En la costa de Canelones, especialmente en el entorno del Campamento Emanuel en Guazuvirá, se encuentran en abundancia...

Y al mirarlas, al notar su variedad y estudiar sus detalles, recuerdo grandes verdades...

Como un padre se compadece de sus hijos,

así se compadece el Señor de los que le reverencian.

Porque Él conoce nuestra estructura,

se acuerda de que somos solo polvo.

El hombre, como la hierba son sus días;

como la flor del campo, así florece;

cuando el viento pasa sobre ella, deja de ser,

y su lugar ya no la reconoce.

Mas la misericordia del Señor es desde la eternidad

hasta la eternidad,

para los que le reverencian

y su justicia para los hijos de los hijos,

para los que guardan su pacto

y se acuerdan de sus preceptos para cumplirlos...

(Salmo 103)

Work Day at Camp!

Thankful to have participated in a work day at camp today... 💙

📷: Rick Jensen

This Little Man worked especially hard today...

#CampamentoEmanuel 🎔

Paseo a la Granja

Disfrutamos un hermoso paseo didáctico con el colegio el lunes pasado.

Este simpático nos dio la bienvenida... 😉

Y fútbol… ¡Siempre fútbol! ⚽

¡Re-agradecidos por la oportunidad!

Beauty Every Day!

From the rising of the sun to its setting

The name of the Lord is to be praised.

(Psalm 113)

Yesterday morning, on the drive to school...

Yesterday evening, on the Montevideo coast...

Conference in Fray Bentos

This past weekend we returned to the “Litoral” (the western side of Uruguay). The drive, four hours west and north out of Montevideo, took us through the departments of San José, Colonia, and Soriano, across the Río Negro itself, and into the department of Río Negro, to Fray Bentos, the departmental capital, on the Río Uruguay.

Getting away for a bit, even on a drive to another area of ministry, is always refreshing.

¡Los amo!

This visit to Fray Bentos was a first for our family (and even for me), and I echo thoughts I penned almost one year ago when we traveled to Carmelo, also on the southwest side of Uruguay.

I love being in cities in the interior of Uruguay, where a major portion of my childhood memories were formed. Though I also love living in MVD, part of my heart will always be in these areas of Uruguay that seem to have remained largely untouched by so many of the daily challenges in the capital...

Looking back, I wish I’d taken pictures of our hotel, a colonial style household, complete with a central patio courtyard, full of springtime blooms.

This amazing architecture was across the street from our hotel!

Teatro Young: SorianoTurismo.com

JM and I both spoke at the one-day family conference, attended by about 90 from various area churches, including one from the Argentine city of Gualeguaychú, across the Río Uruguay.

I’m thankful once again for the opportunity to learn, to grow, to share... As I said last year, opportunities like these force me (to make more time) to do what I need and want to be doing anyway – studying Scripture (on a deeper level) in order to be better able to share Truth that I’m learning...

Responsibilities back in Montevideo kept us from staying longer, but we enjoyed the (almost) springtime scenery on the drive home...

E spied a Tarantula Hawk (“San Jorge” in Spanish),

the largest wasp with the most painful sting!

The “Barrio Anglo” (in Fray Bentos) was declared a World Heritage Site in 2015 because of its role in WWII. We need to return for a tour someday.

Thankful for these blessings!