Lourdes is Back!

Today at 8 a.m. I was ready and waiting at the bottom of the driveway.  Last week on Friday I didn't realize my phone was turned off so Jairo was at the bottom of the driveway honking his horn and I didn't know he was there to pick me up.  There is no way for him to reach me without my phone, but I recognized his honk because he does the same thing in the morning for Don Juan to open the gate at the church.

The entrance to the property
To get to my house is still quite a hike from here

This morning I wanted to be ready, so I waited and waited outside the gate.  Jairo called and told me to go back inside because Walter and Lourdes would pick me up later.  He was running late and needed to get Joss to college.

I went back up and waited.  Got a little extra exercise hiking back up the side of the mountain.  I was excited and surprised to hear that Lourdes would be joining us today.  She could hardly walk yesterday at church and I am not exaggerating.  A group prayed over her at church and she said she felt better.  She said she claimed that she was healed in God's name and has felt better ever since!  Now we just have to pray that she will take it easy and not wear herself out.

Today it was great to have her back at the Breakfast Program!  We got a lot done.  We prayed a lot for K2, the church, and its leaders.  Also we prayed that a container they are sending will get here, that it will be intact with nothing missing, and that we will have all of the paperwork complete so we don't have to pay for it when it comes.

We have had some really good times of prayer between yesterday at church and today with the kids at the Breakfast Program.  Yesterday Jairo spoke about how God says in the bible that he will heal us - that NOTHING is difficult for God.  He asked everyone who needs healing - pyhsical, emotional, any kind of prayer to come to the front of the church.  We prayed over each person.  I like that we are able to do that in church.  Some of the people who received prayer do not have any support at home and need the prayer at church.

Lourdes noticed today that my hair is growing back.  I had noticed it too, because it is a curly mess, standing up on top of my head.  It is only about 2 inches long, so it won't lie down yet.  It is like I have long hair and an afro at the same time!  But I am just happy that it is growing back!  That was really a stressful experience, watching my hair fall out by the handful, so I am not complaining that it looks a little crazy while it grows back.

I am teaching Jetty to go up the stairs.  So far she will do the bottom few and if I carry her to the top, she will do the top four.  But she has a hard time because it is a spiral staircase and she doesn't realize that she has to stay toward the outside where the step is wider.

We had rain all day yesterday.  I rested and relaxed all afternoon, without feeling guilty about letting a beautiful day pass by.  I love rainy days for that.