February 20, 2011
Joshua lost another top tooth tonight. Unfortunately this one wasn’t too loose when Ryan (accidently?) knocked it out, so it for a while. If I had known before all these kids started losing all these teeth, I would have been keeping stats on how many were “helped” out by rowdy siblings. I am sure it is way more than have come out naturally.
The newest loss...
TYLER and his BIKE
February 20, 2011
I remember when Ryan (our first born) learned to ride his bike without training wheels. The event had been planned out for a week, the location had been chosen, the video camera was charged and the knee pads and helmet were ready by the garage door. There was so much hype on that day as mom juggled both video and still cameras and dad ran along side of the bike waiting for the perfect moment to let go. Whether Ryan stayed on for 2 minutes or just 2 seconds before crashing, we praised and praised him.
Fast forward 11 years and to child #4 (Tyler). I called everyone for dinner and, as usually, they all come running from all over the house and from outside. After we prayed, Tyler said, “Guess what I can do now? I can ride without my training wheels.” Come to think of it, I had seen Tyler in the front road and thought it was strange that he was riding his brother’s bike, but I never slowed down enough to think why it was odd (his brother’s bike has just 2 wheels). “You’ll have to show me after dinner, Tyler,” I replied.
MOVIE NIGHT
February 21, 2011
About 40 youth came over to watch Prince Caspian, which we projected onto an outside wall. I lost count of how much popcorn I popped.
LITERACY CLASSES
February 17, 2011
(sorry, no picture this time)
We’ve switched to doing oral bible studies (partly to help include those that cannot read). What we have found is that, now that they have some basic bible stories memorized, they want to go deeper ON THEIR OWN. Several have expressed an interest in learning to read. Jeff and I are teaching each Sunday a literacy class at our home. We’ve invited just a handful of church members. Yesterday was the first class and 3 came.
MEDICINE
The appendicitis patient Jeff sent to the town nearest with the hospital took the ambulance just to the bridge, then she had to be carried across it (because was underwater due to heavy rains!) and then catch a second ambulance into Caazapa.
Upon seeing her brother’s dead body (which had just arrived from Buenos Aires), the sister had an “attack of nerves” (as they say here). She was in a major panic attack...wouldn’t walk, respond, hands were contracting. Jeff gave her a shot to calm her down and a bag to blow in. As she began to wake up, the family asked Jeff to attend the funeral and to bring prefilled injections in case the sister or anyone else in the family had a panic attack. Jeff politely declined. However, the following morning at 7:00 we hear urgent clapping (Paraguayan doorbell) outside out house and cries of, “Doctor! Doctor!” It was the same sister being carried in by her family. This time she was completely catatonic (stiff). Jeff was so sure that she’d be back that he had a syringe already drawn up for her. Next, Jeff treated another sister who was also hyperventilating. A few hours later, after the funeral, a truck brought a brother who was also having a panic attack. Jeff sees these kinds of moments as prime time to share the gospel – people are in a desperate state and don’t know how to cope....they need Jesus!
CUTENESS
The kids picked these flowers for me. They had filled Micah’s boot with water!
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