Sept 11-- Missing Home

We are so thankful for the wonderful families at our hotel. The language barrier can be quite difficult for Lucia since she is the only child who speaks English. God's grace is so tangible here through the many things He blesses us with, like the lovely children here who reach out to Lucia.

And these two little girls are some of the blessings. They have reached out to Lucia. Today the girls came and knocked on the door and asked if Lucia could come play. Brian and I had big warm hearts. They also came over to our room and built a tent and played baby dolls. Lucia is having a wonderful time with them. BTW, I braided lots of hair today (for those of you who don't know, I love corn-rowing and french braiding hair). I beaded these girl's hair.

Tonight, we went and had dinner with a great family we met from the church we are visiting. It was so nice to be in their home and speak English and connect about American things (they are from Wheaton area). We had a lot of commonalities. Lucia cried and cried when we had to leave and kept saying she wanted to stay. We think it was because it has been our first "American" experience since we have been here. It felt good for all of us.

I am feeling quite home sick today. A few families are leaving to go home in the next few days, and things will be a bit quieter. Their leaving makes me long for home. We have heard stories of family's paperwork not being processed for things like the government office running out of paper or toner. Or maybe someone decides to go on vacation. Meanwhile the paper work just sits. We are in prayer that we are not going to be one of those stories. We hope to find out next week about our sentencia. We are comforted by knowing that God holds our days in His hands. And He is gracious to us, providing for all our needs.