Agua Blanca

Thursday Nov 5th.
Progress-
Elana is to travel to the cuidad(city) of birth for the children to get new birth certificates. The older two were born in Tuala and Tatiana in Armenia. Tuala is on the way to Armenia. Elana's trip was able to get the one from Armenia, but it was late in the day and she was only able to get one from Tuala. Please pray for the final birth certificate to be accomplished today Friday. IThe plan was to get the children's passports today and fly out to Bogata on Sunday. The kids are aware of this. It will be dissapointing for them if we do not fly out Sunday. If we don't get it today we will do a passport Monday morning and fly out afterwards. I am supposed to meet Lucia in Bogata at 2PM on Monday. Pray for God's timing. It will be a big change for the kids to fly out. They have never flown and Tatiana is scared. We all have become close with the ladies here. Bogata will be the beginning of a very big adventure for them. They have a tendency to resist with a firm "no" when feeling upset. Please pray that the Lord gives us creativity and extra hands to get all three where we all need to be. Ivan has been amazing as a help in all this and I believe he is already starting to comprehend English. Smart as a whip!!
Evenets-
We usually take a morning trek and an afternoon one. Today we got to go to Agua Blanca. I have been asking to. The lady whose house we are staying in is a teacher at this school. Two days before we came she had a bad fall and has been recooperating from surgery the whole time we have been here. I was able to encourage her today that there is a time for all things and that rest is a gift from God. She misses teaching. The school is in a very poor section of the city. We usually stop the car and all get out. She backed the truck into the kitchen and barred the doors before we got out. They feed the kids there. For some of the children this is thier only meal of the day. We saw 41-five year olds in a circle on the floor with the desks pushed back. They said good morning to us in English. So sweet. They were otherwise quiet. They use a Montissori(I know that is spelled wrong)approach. And we also saw about 35-11th graders. Thier English was even better. What an amazing thing. By the way they only have 11 grades then graduate. The number of children in the school was astounding. They were all respectful well mannered and doing hard work. The space was tight. It isn't a large building! They has a shop where they taugh woodworking and a kiln with clay for art. They had a computer room with seats for about 30 to have a terminal each. They are funded by local governmant agencies, gifts from a Baptist group in Germany and a Catholic group in Belgium as well as others. I was so moved to think of all the lives they are able to lift and bring hope to. What a neat experience. Ivan started asking about school in the car on the way home through Carmensa. This is difficult to talk about becauSe they have no idea what homeschooling is. So I told them that because of Christmas school was not so much of an issue until January. PleasE pray for our decision and communication process here also.
We went to the pool in the afternoon. The kids love the pool. It is good for them to get exercise. Running away from the mommie monster gets old after a while though they do not yet seem to tired of it.
Thank you all for all your love, support and prayers!!
We are so thankful for so much!!!