A Family Weekend...

A Family Weekend…

I did it! And what an experience it was… I finally stayed over at a Center family’s home on Saturday night. It was three of the kids from this family First Communion on Saturday, so after mass (and then a field trip with my first graders), Cinthya, Adam, and I went over to Luz and Francisco’s house. They live a little over an hour south of the downtown Center, but we really didn’t have any trouble getting there. When we arrived, Diana (the oldest daughter) came running up to us too and took us to the house. It was really fun to hang out with the family and especially all the adorable little kids. It is two families and between the two there are 7 kids under the age of 10. We danced a bit, ate food and jello, played cards, and finally went to bed around 1:30am – exhausted! I slept with Cinthya and Belen (5 year old) and then Adam and Bryan (9 year old) were in our room too. It ended up being about 17 people between the 3 rooms and 4 beds total, but they definitely know how to make it work. On Sunday, we woke up first and went and bought bread, ham, and cheese to make some sandwiches for breakfast. After breakfast we hung out for a while and then went to the park with everyone. I really love this family and it is a lot of fun to hang out with them…and another plus, I didn’t get lice, which was one of my biggest fears of this weekend!

Beyond the Family time, I also went on field trips with my first graders in Cotocolloa and La Marin the last two weekends…one group to go paddle boating in Parque Carolina and the other group bowling. We also went to KFC with both of them, which was a HUGE hit! I love how the simplest things are so exciting and fun with these little guys. They’re a bit crazy, but irresistibly cute!

Also one more thing, I learned how to play Risk last week and it is so fun! I won twice in a row on Friday night (one by Adam’s vendetta for Niko, but the other I WON!). It is a fun way to bond with some of the other volunteers. We also all went out dancing on Thursday night for Jessica’s birthday and it was a lot of fun. It’s awesome when everyone does stuff together!

Life is good. It is busy and full of visitors and lots of emotions around here, but still good. I ask you all for prayers for our volunteer group. Pray that we can be there for each other and that we all may see how the Lord has been using us and teaching us this year.

“Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve on another with whatever gift each of you has received.” 1 Peter 4:10