Iglesia Bíblica Maranatha

¡Gracias a Dios (y a pesar de la lluvia y el frío) pasamos relindo hoy!

Sigamos orando que Dios obre por medio de su Palabra compartida...

¡Amiguitos!

¡El comité organizador! (¡Con dos más infiltrados!)

Remembering... Celebrating Life...

Today is cold and rainy and gray – and rather sad... I’m choosing to celebrate life...

Making guava jam, remembering my Mommy, who taught me far more than canning (and who’d be celebrating her 50th wedding anniversary today).

Also remembering my Grampa and Gramma in-love, who were also proficient at canning many home-grown goods (and who would’ve been celebrating a wedding anniversary yesterday).

And all the seals (on the “recycled” jam jars) resealed! SO thankful!

Art & Lit!

I love the intensity with which both Little People “get into” books!

Note how E’s “sun catcher” shows up in both pics!

DJ loves to “See Inside” “How Things Work!”

He’s been working on art “projects” of various sorts:

This one was inspired by several of E’s art projects.

But actual production was exhausting!

This “card” was crafted with extra love for El Abu:

Note the autumn leaves theme and

the hidden “GET WELL SOON!!!!”

(in the banner at the bottom).

Our favorite sweetgum is especially inspiring in autumn!

And I love all the detail in this drawing!

Wild weather, huge waves, sea creatures, anchors...

Late Autumn!

We’re experiencing the first few days of truly cold weather for 2017.

I love the late autumn weather – and the beauty of fall leaves and flowers! The emblematic bright yellow leaves are almost gone now, but the last of the muted yellows and browns of the ubiquitous sycamores are still clinging to trees that line many of our avenues here in Montevideo.

Throughout the day, as we come and go, we enjoy the views from both extremes of the long hall that divides the downstairs of this house almost exactly in half.

Poinsettias & bougainvillea!

The poinsettias, greatly affected during last winter’s wind storms, are recovering nicely!

We’ve now harvested all but the last dozen or so from the guava tree in the back yard, bringing this year’s crop to over 400! I’ve quartered and then frozen most of the fruit (for use in smoothies throughout the year) but may also try canning some jam (like we did two years ago).

About three dozen comprised yesterday’s harvest!

“¡Felices Cumples!”

Esta noche, durante la pausa entre horas de clase, celebramos a todos los que cumplimos o vamos a cumplir en abril y mayo.

¡Gracias, chichos, por pausar para festejar la vida conmigo!

Les queremos muchísimo y les deseamos las más ricas bendiciones de parte de nuestro Dios.

“Mother’s Day!”

“Mother’s Day!” is one of mixed emotions for me, emotions that (among other things) make me thankful for the blessings that are mine today...

At school on Friday, I especially loved the smiles I got when E and DJ found me in the crowd!

DJ recited a poem from memory with his class – quite a bit more bravely than he did last year! E played the part of a little girl in her class skit and sang with the (newly-founded) school choir.

On Saturday evening E organized her own “Treasure Hunt” for me – with clues that led to further clues and finally to my gifts: a cuddly capybara (which I’d requested) and dark chocolate (which she’d purchased with her own pennies). DJ added a mint chocolate bar to complete the stash!

We tried to get some “good” pictures yesterday... And we ended up with snapshots of real life – which I love!

SO thankful for my family! ♥

DJ is in an especially mischievous stage right now; he loves to tease his favorite girl – in typical boy fashion!

Congratulations to Marcos!

SO proud of this guy! SO thankful for technology that allowed us to be part of this important milestone in his life!

We ♥ you, Marcos!