This morning when Jaden and I went down for breakfast, I had completely forgotten it was Friday...so I completely forgot to wake Kaylyn up early. On Fridays, there are devotions and some children recite the Bible verses they have been memorizing. Today it was the small boys turn to recite Matthew 6, and Dilmer was part of that. Not only did I forget to wake Kaylyn (who likes me to leave the door open most days when I leave so she can now look out to the mountains from her new spot in the room for her bed), I forgot to bring my phone to take pictures. The group from Clearwater, FL was saying goodbye to those of Emmanuel.
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| Kaylyn's view when she wakes |
This morning in the Chosa, more toddlers than normal had "accidents" (wet their pants). I think that they ran out of underwear too for the kiddos because of the laundry that was running and the short supply they had after dressing the kiddos. I may have mentioned a while back that Lydia was saying they definitely miss having the monthly containers (semi-containers) coming from the States of donations. It used to be so easy to get items down here to not only the children, but staff and volunteers as well. I thought I heard that Dr. Don was one of the big reasons that containers made it down here on a monthly basis, but he passed away during the time in which Emmanuel was closed off to the United States during COVID...and since then, it seems 1-2 containers only get packed and come down for Christmas. Now if somebody needs something from the United States, the best way to try to get it here is look for the next group that is coming down and ask if they would be willing to take it for you (if you ship it to that person).
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| Brithany with a doll |
It would be so nice if we could get back to the days of regular containers coming down. I am not sure, but I believe some of the kids miss Moon Pies too!
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| Camila's tiny hand on mine |
Jaden said that he ran errands all day with Chino, changed the water at the horse barn so Ellie could wash the horses' faces, and then cut more grass with a machete.
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| Kaylyn fixing Brithany's hair |
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| Camila, Micah, Zoey, Kaylyn, Brithany, Mateo, Sara, Nachita |
This evening when we went for supper, there were only 3 bowls. Oscar (who usually works the kitchen) was off today, which means Julissa had to remember. Well, she did not remember than Zoey had started sitting with us to eat lunch and supper this week. I let Zoey take my supper bowl and then went to chat with Julissa (joking of course) about how she must be putting me on a diet because she missed my plate. She takes all in stride and we joke often, so it was all in good fun.
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