Rylee the baby-sitter!

Rylee has been asked to babysit for a couple of different families in the condos. She loves it! Rylee is gifted when it comes to kids. There is one family that lives 2 doors down the hall from us and Rylee has babysat for them a couple of times. Luca is 8, Marco is 3, and Avi is 1. They are the cutest kids! Since they live so close to us, Rylee has brought the kids over to our place to play for a little bit while she's baby sitting. Marco told his mom he likes to wrestle with Uncle Chris and asked when he could come back to our house to play :)

It's Fall

Since we can't go to Fall, Rylee and I decided to bring Fall to us! We gathered a couple of sticks from the tree right outside of our apartment, made our own fall colored leaves, glued them to the sticks and...we have a Fall tree!

KIM's Library

This is the library we raised money for running in the race. It is wonderful! I foresee the kids at CCS enjoying this library very much!
little nooks to sit in and read...
The computer lab has now been moved to the library...
The outside of the library...

The Race

Kids International Ministries put on a race the other day to raise money for their library and ministry. The kids from Cuatro Christian School were sponsored to run in the race and Rylee's P.E. class participated in the race. Plus many other families from Faith. It was a lot of fun! We really have a lot of great friends here in the PI.
Uncle Jeff...
We were really sweaty!The 2 girls by me were my students last year.The finish line...
We were all really really sweaty!

Bitter Sweet Moments

Today a very special boy at the children's home met his Dad, Mom, and brother for the first time. Michael, 8 years old, was the first boy at the children's home 5 years ago. Chris had the privilege to be at the children's home when Michael arrived.

Michael is moving to North Carolina with his family. And today as we sent him off, he was a happy little boy!While Michael's parents talked to the social workers and signed papers,
Chris and I had enjoyed watching Michael play basketball with his older brother who also has the name Michael.
The pic below is kind of funny. There were so many different cameras, we were all looking in different places.
The two Filipina woman in the middle in the picture are caregivers at the Home. They take care of the boys. They were so happy for Michael, but it was hard for them to say goodbye.
Michael's dad said to Michael, "Are you ready to go?" and Michael said, "Yes!" He went in the house, got his bag and ran out the door and through all the boys standing around him to say good bye.

Last night, Jeff and his family had a special dinner at the children's home and he told Michael's story. He also talked about God's love for all of the children there and the children will never be fatherless because God is their Father. It was a very special time and then we all gathered around Michael and Chris prayed for him.It is so hard to explain the emotions wrapped up in Michael leaving. What a wonderful moment it was to see Michael with his family. I was overwhelmed with joy for Michael, but on the other hand we will miss him very much, especially Chris who has watched Michael grow up over the past 5 years.

Fall Candy!!

The other day, we found a great little grocery store close to one of the schools Rylee played Volley Ball at. It was full of American items. I was in heaven! They had miniature chocolate candy bars with Fall wrappers! I only wish the store wasn't so hard to get to.

New Rules

Now that we are a family of 3, all of our lifestyles have changed. So, to make things easier on Rylee and the rest of us, we have decided to make a list of new rules for Rylee. With this, she will know exactly what is expected of her. As of now, she has one new rule and each week we will add another rule. We decided to have fun with it and make a cool rule chart.