Shortly after my Spanish class ended Friday afternoon, we had two little guests come spend the night, Annie (4 years old) & Lincoln (2 years old). Their parents are friends of ours we met through the school & they went for a night away in Bogota, but also took their 7 month old with them. Isabella had youth group Friday night, so it was Brook & I watching the kids.
We had a fancy dinner of grilled cheese :)
Isabella babysat Saturday morning for another family & we played with Annie & Lincoln, and I also did some cooking. By the time their parents arrived Saturday afternoon, Avery had come back home with Cielo, Erika, & Sol. Remember the 3 girls we met 6 years ago & were reunited with in January? Well they came to spend the rest of the weekend with us. We went to the mall for pizza & then did some shopping. It was a treat to take them to the mall. They have only been to a mall with us before, as they never get that opportunity to pick out something new. My feet were tired after shopping with them though, as the 2 teenagers took a little longer :). Oh, and don't forget, they don't speak English!!
Saturday night, we had another family over for dinner. I had invited them over before I knew we had the 3 girls (everything is pretty last minute here). We met this family through the school as well & they are moving back to the states this summer. We enjoyed our time & the kids had fun playing hide and seek in our 1000 square feet apartment!
Cielo
All the kids having homemade chocolate chip cookies I made earlier in the day & ice cream
At church Sunday morning, Avery read scripture in Spanish & did a great job. Cielo had helped him practice before church.
After church we ate at one of our favorite restaurants here, Crepes & Waffles (which I will blog about later). This is a Colombian restaurant & is all over Colombia & South America, but the girls had never eaten there. We felt it was time to change that :).
Cheers!
These us are drinking fruit juices...limonada with coco (lemonade with coconut), fresa (strawberry) & frambuesa (raspberry).
After lunch, we all ordered desserts, which come very fancy here. Can you see how big these are? And they are delicious too!
Avery & Brook got the fondue to share.
Cielo
It was fun seeing our girls have fun too.
There was a beautiful flower wall behind our table where we sat outside.
Love these girls!
Continue to pray for them....Cielo, Erika, & Sol as they miss their mom & adjust living with their dad & new lifestyle. Pray most of all they stay close to Jesus. We were blessed to be able to love on them this weekend.
We went to the park after lunch for about 30 minutes, then met their dad at a bus stop. It took us 2 hours from the time we left the park until we got back home.
But, one quick funny story that happened on the bus.....
I sat by a girl who was 11 years old. I asked her in Spanish, "Do you speak English?". She answered just a little, and continued to talk to me nonstop in Spanish for about 15 minutes. It was really cute (& she was on the bus with her mom). In a very Colombian traditional way, she kissed me on the cheek as she got off the bus. Sweet girl! I encouraged her to study her English & what a great skill to be bi-lingual.
The day holds a meeting for Avery & I with the director of Brook's school at 10am, so if you think about it, pray for us during that time.
Happy Monday!
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