Fall Fun

What a wonderful week. Everything went so well with our kids this week. They were excited to be with us in our classes and the schedule worked out well for the first time so far. We're getting to know the nearly 100 kids from at least 5 different orphanages better and are building some great relationships. It feels so great to have kids run into our arms when we arrive to the orphanages, we know we're becoming people in their lives that they can trust and love.

Rebecca with Adrian, who likes to pretend he's car.

Listening to a story ready by Shannon and Mariana at the boys school.

We also enjoyed some beautiful fall weather. Rebecca and Dorothy raked up leaves and walnuts into a massive pile. Of course jumping in and playing around followed.

We also planted wheat in the garden which I tilled up last week. The hope is that the wheat will grow a bit before the ground freezes in order to overwinter the garden. Then in the spring after it grows to full maturity it will get tilled in to improve the clay.

Mila came and joined us playing in the leaf pile.

We grew a few pumpkins in the garden and it was time to carve one for Halloween.

Next year we're planning on growing more so that we can each have one.

After our fun with carving the pumpkin we cut it up, skinned it, and boiled it for about an hour. Thanksgiving is coming up and that means we need some pumpkin pie. Unfortunately canned pumpkin isn't available so we have to make our own. Just this one pumpkin made enough for 11 pies, so there will at least be enough for our Thanksgiving feast with the transition house graduates.

Thanks for your prayers for us and the kids here. We are starting to get into the swing of things and God is blessing our ministry. Please continue to pray for strength and wisdom and against attacks from the enemy.