Last night Julia started to have birthing pains while the men were gone to church and Nichole and the girls took her to the hospital. She is not due for another 6-7 weeks so it's not good. They visited her today and she hadn't eaten since they took her last night in case she needed to go into emergency surgery (c-section). So Nichole talked to the doctor who had been busy delivering two other babies and he said they would give her something, but Julia was crying. By the time you get this she will probably by home or have a c-section or I'd ask you to pray.
Last night while I was making tortillas, little Manuel came up and gave me a kiss. The boys are not naturally very affectionate and they have shied away as we have tried to hug them, but we persist anyway and they are starting to warm up to us. That was a big step for Manuel. He kinda did it when no one was looking because it's not very manly to do. Natalie continues crave affection from me, always asking me to pick her up (she's 12 and solid as a rock!). Little Carlos and Pablo are very attention starved as their mother, Carla, is only 15 and can't always give them what they need. We share a room with them so they get lots of attention from us.
Today was children's church and it was a ball. I think there were around 70 children here. We had prepared bags of candy and balloons for each of them, a craft, a song, skit (about the birth of Jesus), and games with balloons. We started around 10:30 and were done around 2:00. Each of the children wrote John 3:16 on a heart cut out of pretty poster board and laced it with ribbon on the outside where we punched holes. Even the adults had a great time watching all the relay races the kids did with the balloons. The authorities came by the other day with a lot of foodstuffs for the village. There was a lady who came also and told her husband later about the village and her impressions (which were good) and he bought two huge piñatas for the kids and had them delivered. So the kids also did that. It was a great day!
I know the children's Christmas program is tonight and I am missing that right now. I know my kids had some skits planned, but Ashima said she'd record them for me. Today was very overcast and eventually the fog rolled over the mountains and you can barely see 50 yards from in front of you. It's been misty and damp. Hoping for sun tomorrow. J
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