… thanks to the generosity of the Women’s Missionary Society of one of our beloved churches and the heroic efforts of the Youth/College group of Canon City, CO. Our supporting churches are such a blessing to us. It goes so far beyond the needed monthly support. The love they have for us and the prayers for our success for God on the field… these blessings are a comfort and an encouragement to us and enable and empower us to do...

So… we’re back at the Correos, our post office. [you want to check your POBox at least once or twice a week, because there is NO mail delivery at your house... only at the main post office] It’s bit delayed, but Steven and I are having a bit of an Anniversary celebration. We had spied out the Ametrines (“bolivianitas“) and had found some that he wanted to get me for our 25th Wedding Anniversary. And, it just...

SetUp: I participated in a Secret Santa Swap for my group, CraftClass . This was my SECOND attempt to mail the package… the first being the day before when I got it all together, got to the block where the post office is, and when I got out of the taxi, I realized that I did NOT have the address. Details, right? But remember, “the devil is in the picky points!” My partner, to whom I was to send my package, is in the United...

I remember, as a child, the delight and excitement we would have when, on those hot summer days, we would hear the jingle of the Ice Cream truck as it played it’s tinny, hokey, children’s tunes at top volume. That particular sound could draw groups of kids that would make the Pied Piper twist in envy! We KNEW what that sound meant! And we wanted what that sound promised… yummy ice cream and cool popsicles! I guess some things...

There are so many things that are different when living in another place than you’re used to… city, state, COUNTRY! One of the things that is different here is the trash collection. They don’t pick it up for you. You have to hand each bag UP to the trash guy, and if you have a lot, then you’re doing a lot of work. They don’t take boxes. So, you’d think that soon you would be overrun with boxes, right? Not at...

Yesterday was my oldest child’s birthday. She’s had a few of them. One might say that she’s “over all that”. She’s 20-something, about to graduate from College, supports herself… so she probably didn’t notice. But I did. We all miss her so much! So what did we do? We had a party FOR her! As I mentioned yesterday, we got Lorien a cake! Not just ANY cake… we got her a “6-layer fruit and...