Good report at the doctor's today . . .

. . . all is going well with the expected arrival of Baby #2 - Isabella Sophia. The doctor said this pregnancy has gone really well and things are . . . well, just perfect! We were so blessed to hear those words! It looks like we have around 4 more weeks to go . . . with a c-section planned for around Sept 22. We appreciate everyone's encouragement and prayers. We're getting Isabella's room ready and trying to prepare Nathan as best as we can. And we are excited, of course!

Family from the dump gets a new home!

I have not been very good at keeping up on our blog this summer. Let's just say that trying to survive pregnancy and keeping up with Nathan our 19 month old has been enough activity for me these days! Never-the-less, there has been much activity - keeping up with our two summer missionaries (who returned to the states a week ago) and participating with the Kids Club at the dump (last one for the summer is tomorrow with a team from the states) and helping in various ways with Extreme Response teams who have come down this summer to help with various projects! And we even were able to have a VBS for the kids club at the dump through a team that came at the very last minute (see my previous post). We have had a fun and rewarding summer.

One special team just left this morning - a group of people from Omaha, Nebraska. They did so many incredible things during their week here in Quito. They visited the elderly at the Hogar Betania (Bethany Home for the Elderly) and had a fun-filled afternoon with them. They worked on the construction of a new home (and outfitted it) for a family at the dump. And a group of ladies who stayed back to prepare meals also prepared over 12 crafts for me for the upcoming school year of Kids Club at the dump! They have no idea what a HUGE help that was for me, knowing that soon I will have another little one at home and my participation at the Kids Club will be limited for a while. So having a stack of crafts, all ready to go for this next semester is a wonderful encouragement to me! Thanks ladies!

Anyways - back to the title of this post . . . . the family from the dump gets a new home . . . .here are a couple of photos from that project and also a link to the article at Extreme Response's website! Hopefully this will be as much of a blessing to you as it is to us . . . we never cease to be amazed at how God works in lives through short-term teams and all that can be accomplished as each of us choose to follow Him! TO READ THE ARTICLE AND SEE MORE PHOTOS PLEASE CLICK HERE