Lunch today was a delicious meal that Ruth cooked, total Guatemalan, and was chicken, potatoes, cabbage salad with lemon and cilantro, tortillas and watermelon. There are no words to describe the flavor of all the finely chopped peppers, onions and garlic and whatever else she put in! All I know is that every bite was oozing flavor! We had a discussion about which language is the strangest - English or Spanish - there was no agreement :) We had some real laughs though. When we say 'pick a song' the Spanish translation of those sounds is 'itchy'!
The rain has returned again after about a week of hot, humid weather. It is a gamble to figure out when to do laundry. Every time it rains, there is a loud drip right outside our bedroom window, that reminds me of the proverb about a whining woman. I am seeing it through a mans eyes. That drip is very annoying!  God has a way of using nature for object lessons.
God also works in our lives in the small things, as we were reminded again yesterday. Jody and Jeana were babysitting for Brian and Janelle Yoder at their house which is a 20 min. drive from the mission. Jared was along too and when it got close to supper time we called to see how it was going and they didn't answer the phone. We found out why - they were locked out of the house! There they were with 5 children, Austin 10, Isaac 7, Olivia 5, Alisa 3 and Jared. They managed to reach in a small open window with a broom stick and with the boys looking in a window from the other side of the house, they were able to direct Jeana how to swing the broom to hit the lock. Janelle said they have tried and tried to open that door when it swings shut behind them, and never could. I believe God heard their prayers. Olivia made the comment that 'she wishes they would have thought to bring warm clothes out in case the door locked them out! The girls enjoyed babysitting. It is something they haven't done for a while. There was never a dull moment, including getting chased with a dead spider. I think they may have exerted their authority with a broomstick after a short while!
Jody and Jeana and I were washing down some of the concrete walls in the open area today. They were so dirty and I made the comment that a group of Hutterite women to clean would be great and Vernon seemed to have very sharp ears just then because he reminded me that I have Hutterite roots, so, there was a group of 'Hutterites' cleaning. This is such a big area when it comes to keeping it clean, especially when it is kind of open to the outdoors! Jared and Dizhon, a little boy who is staying here with his parents while they get a home ready in a new area they are moving to, have been playing hard all day. The wood shop has been a real magnet as they build things and then next thing I know, they are being monkeys, climbing on the swing and eating bananas. We have a lot of people coming through here this week. Lydia Zook who was visiting and plans to do v.s. in El Chal, Jerry and Kayleen Hoover coming to get her sisters at the airport, Ann Lehman who is flying in tonight to surprise her sister Judy, Steve Steckly who has to leave the country to get his visa re stamped, pastors who are coming for the pastors meeting on Thursday, the Steve Defenbaucher family who will spend the weekend here before flying home on furlough, Craig Miller who is coming to visit and see if he wants to volunteer for a term...................... that's all I know of right now. Jody and Jeana are baking cookies with Sharon. They have to bake a bunch of them for the pastors meeting. I am going to go sew a zipper in Jeana's dress for her so..... blessings to you and keep us in your prayers.