Ordinary Days......

This week has just been ordinary days.  Homeschooling, Keith helping the teachers and taking care of administrative things, our kids helping in the Kindergarten and first grade classes when their home school work is done, playing outside, driving in the mountains, going to market for veggies......just simple ordinary days and I like days like that. :)

We have had these visitors in our back yard every day since we've been here.  They are so beautiful and colorful and LOUD. :)  There are only four of them that stick together.

If you know me at all, you'll know that I love flowers of all size, color and shape. Guatemala is full of beautiful flowers.

Every week on Friday the school kids come over to our yard to play on the play set. This play set is actually the schools, but since the school yard is too small for this to fit in it, it's been in our yard and they just come here to play.  Of course, our kids love it when they come over because they get a little break from school to play with them.

We love having all the teachers over to our house for meals ever so often.  We always have so much fun and laughter....especially with our limited Spanish and their limited English and trying to have conversations. :)

On Friday evening, they all piled in our house for Lasagna, Corn, Salad and Pumpkin Pie!

Megan with Karen, the first grade teacher.

 All the teacher of the school here in Jalapa.

I'm glad they're crazy like us. :)

We went out driving yesterday to get out of the City and all the walls here. We love to go up into the mountains and see all the little towns and what life is like up there.  You just never know what you'll be sharing the road with.

It was a beautiful day for a drive! We talked a lot about God and how He's blessed our family and the "big picture" of why we're here. I love it when the kids ask questions that make them think.

Extra large load......

This is the last Sunday we'll be in Jalapa for a while.  This week we will moving to Antigua, Guatemala for 8 weeks of language study!  It will be intense and we would appreciate prayer for easy learning and for all of us emotionally as we go to school. Classes will be 8-12 every day, Monday through Friday.  We will each have our own teacher, except for Ashlyn and Jeren who will have the same teacher.  It is a one-on-one class set up and I know that God will help us.....it's just a little intimidating. :)   Thank you for your prayers for us.

This was taken today - Sunday -  on the swinging bridge in Jalapa with the volcano behind us.

Thanks for stopping by to check up on us.  I hope you have a great week!

~Crystal