WE'RE BACK!!!!!

Not only are we back in Guatemala after a 2-1/2 month furlough in the States, but we are also back putting posts on our Blog. So sorry for the long absence. Hopefully, that is over and there will be blogs more regularly.

We got back to the home on the evening of Friday, February 11th. On February 12th we were hard at it already. We had prayed for a quick transition back into life here, and that is what we got! Saturdays are Sebastian and Oralia's day off, so by 7:00 a.m. Vickie was up helping bathe the little ones. Saturday night we started our 3 nights in a row of taking a shift of watching the baby. We only had her one night before we left in November. Her name is Alicia and she is 3-1/2 months old. She is a doll! She is still getting up a couple of times during the night, so it is nice to share the burden with somebody for the night feedings.


We also learned when we got here that there were 2 new children and a desperate need for additional beds. A couple of them were sharing a bed. So Norman got started on that right away. Less than a week later the 2 new siblings were able to go back to live with their mother. But the new beds are not wasted by any means! Six year old Josefa moved from a crib to a bigger bed and 10 year old Marta and 8 year old Grisma changed from bunkbeds to regular beds. Eight year old Adriel also got a new bed. Norman is finishing up the beds today and is hoping to now get to continue working on the new playground that was started in November by a team from Rochester, NY.