Everyday Afternoons

Typical afternoons consist of us on the playground, or in the
library, or on the playground, or in the library.
After weeks and weeks of this I thought a little
change was needed so we got out the side walk chalk
and the fun began.

Paris writing up her calendar and adding the dates.

The is boy....
The my is will...
completely understandable:)

Sankeer's creation

Sanieka trying to trace herself.
This picture cracks me up!

Britni tracing my feet...

but wanted more detail so she took off my slippers so
she could get that chalk in between each toe.

Sankeer taking great pride in his drawlings.

Allisha tracing my shadow...
she was a little off:)

A very artistic Fabian

Once the chalk was done a folding
chair was found, flipped over, and it
became a car for the little girls.

it went from a single seater

to a double seater, but then it was
to heavy for Paris to push and turns
had to be taken as it became a single
seater again.

Happy Monday!

Have a Great Week!

Balloons!

The popular thing teams have been bringing recently is
the long balloons that you twist into different shapes.
They bring them but then never seem to get around
to doing this fun activity with the kids.
Now we have hundreds and hundreds of these
balloons. So this week the kids and I spent and afternoon
having a fun with them.

After one afternoon of
blowing up balloon after balloon (to the point my
finger felt like it was going to fall off from tying all the balloons
because The kids would accidentally pop theirs then come sign
"new balloon please" ) we now set it up that the kids each get 1
balloon if they obey, and help clean up after play time in the library.
This way we both win. The kids have fun with the balloons,
and my finger doesn't fall off from tying hundreds at a time!

Yesterday afternoon Paris came up to me
and asked me to make her a dog...
instead she got a hat:)

Blessings on your Weekend!

Hello Bucket Shower...

I have NOT missed you.

Please Pray for Rain!

Thanks!

Meet Midlothian

Last week we had a first time team here from Midlothian
Texas. They were willing workers and were able

to get a lot of work done on our clinic.
Thanks Midlothian!

Running Away

After 5+ weeks of going nonstop with teams and travel I
am PRAISING God this week I am team free. When my team
left Sat. morning I quickly did a clean sweep of the dorm,
threw a packed bag into the bus, then ran away to Portmore
for the weekend.

Once I arrived at Tashi's she informed me of the "rules"
for the weekend. (I rolled my eyes as I accepted:)
Rule #1 She is the leader and I must follow.
(this rule came in handy when she would give
me tons of options and I don't like to make decisions
so I could simply inform her I was there to follow:)
Rule #2 I couldn't drive we would only take public
transportation as we went around Portmore and Kingston.
(this rule was set up since I have never in my 3+ years here
taken public transportation)

After an afternoon of making cookies for Sunday after
church we took a bus into Kingston. Our first stop was
Little Tokyo for supper.

we then walked around some stopping at a wedding dress
shop and a fabric store to see possible wedding options.
Once back at halfway tree we got on bus 83 (see Tashi
I was paying attention:) to take us to Emancipation Park.

We then walked/ran around Emancipation Park while
chatting and enjoying a beautiful Kingston evening.
(Praise Jesus for girls nights out!)

Sunday I went to church at Calabar. I had never been
before and I have always wanted to go to the Deaf Church
in Kingston. And they were announcing (pic above) Blake
and Tashi's engagement and giving them an opportunity to
share their story in church so I was thankful I could go and
support them on their big day.

This is a short video clip from the service at
Calabar. Pastor Damian was there to preach,
and The Open Bible Church from St. Elizabeth
was there too yesterday. Damian would
sign in JSL for the service then Pauline (Tashi's
mom) would translate the JSL to Country Sign
for those from the Open Bible Church who
only sign in Country Sign. It was very cool to see.

Thank You Jesus for Much Needed Weekends Away!

Watching God Move

I have been blessed to watch as God has been unfolding
a beautiful Love story in the lives of two people that I love
so very much.
Congratulations
Blake and Tashi!
I have loved watching your love story unfold and I am
so excited to see all that God has planned for your lives!

Blessings!