It is hard to believe that six months have flown by so rapidly. But there are lots to learn and do and time is just not enough for all that needs to be done.
Building a house
When we came to Bolivia, my husband brought one of his friends from Romania to help him with the starting […]
This year, with our 80 students, means lots of different young people. One young girl, (13 years old-4th grade ), has an extremely sad story. She also takes care of her two younger brothers, ages 10,(-4th grade), & 5,(-kindergarten). Here mother “dumped” her off, with hardly any money, and told the teachers, “she is here […]
Well, the year in in full swing, and we have LOTS of students. Lower grades, 43, and upper grades, 37. Wow! Last year we had only 28 total! And about 8 internals. But this year we have 22 living here on campus. And some of them are kindergarten and first grade, with older sisters taking […]
I have been a volunteer at Famila Feliz Orphanage for less than four months. My life has been more than changed. I can never be the same! I do not want to be the same. I do not want to live a life without the purpose and joy that I have here every single day. Whether I […]
A medivac to the city of Trinidad Bolivia.
Overhauls in the Aviation Project
The aviation project is flying in Bolivia, and is helping people in some towns and cities that are difficult to travel to during the rainy season due to bad roads. Medivacs are being made, missionaries being transported, and supplies are being […]
Time is flying as we are almost at the beginning of the new school year. We will officially start the school year on the 18th of February. Lots of the students from last year will be arriving within the week, which means for us staff, here we go! No rest for the wicked. There […]
Dearest Friends,
Greetings: as I mentioned in other emails, summer school was super busy, but a blessing!
Now we have only a few days to get ready for this coming Sunday’s, “inauguration of classes”/presentation of students/staff” in the plaza. All schools together.
The last 2 weeks have been trying to recuperate, and still “running around.” The director of […]
I wanted to send some pictures from our last mission trip in Haiti, but due to the weather and temperature of the house we were living my camera was damaged. I have been waiting on one of the students for some pictures but l’ve been getting the the run around with him.
We had a great […]
I have written many, many letters to you since we began doing mission work over 11 years ago. This letter, though, is the hardest one I’ll ever write.
Before I get into the sad news, our family wants to extend a huge and grateful THANK YOU, to each of you who have prayed for and with […]
How do you summarize an entire year full of boarding school activity, rice and beans, spanish everything, 59 students, teenage hormones, tears, laughter, rice and beans, surrendering everything, giving 100 % even when you feel like your running on half full, pride, rice and beans, teaching, humilliation, learning, rice and beans, unlearning, amazon basin rain […]
