Tired but Joyful

This has been a hard week. We are fighting sickness, frustration, tiredness and the blues. Praise God that He has a plan and we know it is all for good! Becca picked up three friends, two kinds of rare amebas and Giradia (spelling?) so she hasn't been feeling well, she finished her meds yesterday so we are praying it is all gone although she said this morning her stomach still hurts. Jonathan started two days ago with a very high fever (103.8) we took him to the doctor and he has a throat infection and lots of stuff in his chest. He is on meds but still has a fever today. Nehemiah (my nephew) has the croup cough and is on meds and also has a high fever. We all miss home and our loved ones. Please pray for us. We know that God is working in each of us and we just want to be willing to allow Him to have his way.

We started the women's Bible study on Wednesday, it was great! There are only 8 women in this group but two more are coming next week. I think, after experiencing the first session, that it is better to keep it small. There were a lot of tears and I know it will be awesome! Thank you all for your support on making it happen.

We are having a little problem with the Spanish books. The translation is very weird and not completly understandable here so I am praying to see what to do. I don't want to give women something they can't understand.

This Saturday we will be with the children in the Antigua market again. Last week was fun so we are excited about this week. Next Saturday we will be in Carolingia, which is where we work every December. There are around 100 kids so we will be getting ready for that. Yesterday in the paper there was a report of a mother and her two daughters, 7 and 11, who were killed right outside of their homes. This is only blocks away from where we will be. We found out that their father was in a gang and had done something that didn't make the gang happy. It is very sad and I am sure there will be an opeing for us to minister to people who knew them while we are there so please pray we will have the right words to say.

I will have more pictures soon. I am trying to get one of the beautiful volcanoe at night but it isn't cooperating. It waits until after 2am to really erupt and I have been too tired to get up. I hear it and it is so cool.

Thank you all for your prayers, we need them! We are planning on returning around the 5th of August. A few days sooner than we originally thought. Things are very expensive here, it is amazing to see how much stuff has gone up since December. (that isn't the reason we are returning) but it does make a difference.

More soon. Blessings!