Saturday, 21 March 2009

• Happy New Year ! ! !

          Hello there,

      I won't get into how long it's been but this post 'title' is a bit scary eh?    So much has happened in our lives here the past few months, and we continue to enjoy watching the Lord work in our lives and in the lives of some of the people here as well.    First off, we are not having twins.    Last month we found a doctor in El Fuerte, about 40 min. from here and he has a little clinic with a private delivery room, PTL.  Christa could'nt quite get comfortable with the thought of laboring in a room full of other ladies without me.  I could'nt either, for that matter, so we are thankful to have found a good doctor that we feel comfortable with.   An ultrasound showed a healthy baby and Christa is also feeling better.   Thanks for the encouragement and some of the notes that ya'll sent her.   

      This week started out sadly for us, well, mostly for the kids as it affected them more.  Our 1 yr. old little Chihuahua puppy, Choco,  escaped out of the back fence and got hit on the road in front of our house.   I heard it happen and saw him run around the van and lay down so I went out and he died in about a minute.  A guy across the street saw it happen and said that the front and back tire ran right over his chest so he died fast.   I've never imagined that a child could be so distressed over the death of a dog but it became apparent real quick that this was a major deal for them.   We had a little burial for him and they put flowers and cards and coloring pages and all sorts of things on the grave and spent most of the afternoon just hanging out at the grave weeping and trying to comfort each other.  Dylan just wanted to dig him up and pet him one more time but Kassie informed him that no way it would be gross and he would stink.  Weep, weep.  But he will never swing on the hammock with us again.  Weep weep.   We need to put a shade over him cause he's getting too hot.  Weep weep.   Some of the comments were actually comical.   We got Choco from Loren's, and are hoping that their dog has puppies again soon so we can again enjoy a little yapper in our backyard.   I'm on my laptop and my Picasa account is'nt working right so I don't have any pictures of the mourners to share.  Maybe later.

      Well, my little wifey is chatting it up with me while I try to write here.   The kids are all happily playing and her chances of enjoying good adult conversation in English were few for this week so I'd better be available to give her the joy of yacking with me without interruption.     can't wait,

  seriously....

  Blessings,  Live it up now , all out for the Lord !

  Rodrigo 

     

      

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