Graduation and Summer!

Lupita... She was one of the 4 graduates from 6th grade!

Jaqui... God is really working in Jaqui's life. She has changed so much over the past few months... She used to ignore us completely, and hardly even say good morning to us. It's been neat to see her open up and it's so encouraging to see her desire to serve God. Please pray for her...

The 4 6th grade graduates... Armando, Jaqui, Lupita, and Magda... The girls were all really sad to leave their friends at elementary school, but at the same time they are excited to move on...

We have a playground in our backyard now! Kaleigh has a blast, and Yaneli loves to play with her because she is the only one allowed to use it!

The Indianapolis group came a few weeks ago. The girls made purses with Ashley (Emily's sister in the orange) and some of Ashely's friends...

Summer is in full swing here... The kids have summer school every morning from 10-1 and then they also read for an hour a day. The summer staff as well as a few others are teaching summer school. The girls will also start swimming lessons soon... And we are going to do some fun summer activities as well!

Big Girls Dress-Up Party

One of the last posts was of the little kids dressing up... Well, we had our own dress-up party last weekend... Jaqui and Lupita modeling their dresses...
Here's the party!!! A few unfamiliar faces? Melissa Kaeb, the blonde in the middle (back row) is one of our summer staff. We are really excited about the summer staff that is coming to help out with summer school for the kids! The girl in the back row, far right... that's Jarrin Rabe. She is, Lord willing, moving down here for good in a few months.

Alexia and Michelle Michelle and Lili enjoying the good dessert...

Yaneli

Karla and Lupita

Prayer Requests...

-Please pray for the summer staff as they get adjusted and prepare for summer classes, which start in about a month.

-Pray for God to do a mighty work in each of the kids' lives. We may plant the seeds, others can water, but GOD giveth the increase. I Corinthians 3:6,7

To think about what God can do through even one of the kids' lives is amazing- we need your prayers.

The Little Girls

Gloria and Kaleigh are not very little anymore, but they are still pretty cute...

This picture reminds me of the picture that was on the blog last summer of these two girls in their swimsuits... They have changed a lot! If Kaleigh treats all kids this way, she may have no friends...

The things the girls think of to entertain Kaleigh... Would a mother ever think of putting her child in a mop bucket and pushing them around? I guess that's why Kaleigh has so much fun here!

Dress Up

Whenever we get donated clothes, the kids like to dig through and find fun things to try on. Our girls especially enoy how willing the little boys are to be "dressed up". Tania has Diego looking snazzy with his princess dress and Clifford slippers.

Aaron, or as he said, Aaron-a was looking very fashionable in these boots. I think almost every kid has tried the boots on at some time.

He even showed off a few dance moves.

Continue to pray for the kids!!!

More from CVE

Karla LOVES hanging out (and sometimes bugging) Kaleigh!!!

Kaleigh ended up liking her costume once Karla let her run free...

The girls did a really fun craft with one of the last teams (in April)... Usually the older girls think they are a little bit too cool for the crafts, but they really liked this...

A few weeks ago, some of the girls acted out a skit that portrays the battle in our lives between good and evil... You can see "Jesus" in the middle, in white, as He conquers Satan. It was so powerful to see them act this out. Please keep praying with us that as the battle of life is so real, they will understand that in Jesus we have victory!!!!

La Playa

We went to the beach!!! With the help of Kali Zobrist and Katie Schick, we had a great time. Bahia de Kino is a beautiful bay about 3 hours from CVE.The older girls (with Keith's moral support) jumped off this dock, and they had a great time doing it! It took a few of them a while to build up the courage to actually jump... Keith got his exercise treading water and convincing them to jump!

Yaneli just watched...

Kaleigh also had a great time... I wonder how many tablespoons of sand she ate...

Blanca and Yaneli decided just to jump off this rock...

Please pray Jude 24 for the girls... that they will understand that God will keep them from falling, and if they accept Jesus' blood, they will be presented faultless someday before God's throne.

As the girls mature, many of them have more and more questions about heaven, hell, and their souls. Pray that Satan will have no power over them, but that God will draw them to Himself.

Jude 25, "To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen"

Spring Break

Things have been busy for us. The girls are off of school for two weeks, due to Easter and spring break. We finished three weeks of work teams followed by our dedication service and first Sunday in the new church building. Many people came to visit for the service.
Jaqui turned 13. This is one of the nicest "morditas" we have had in a long time. Some of the other recent birthdays were not so lucky.

Gloria and Kaleigh enjoy a wagon ride. Emily and Bere were busy picking lice out of the girls hair!!! We had a little lice problem, which affected half of the girls. Hopefully they are now gone, after many shampoo jobs, and lots of head searching.

We just got back from a few days at the beach. More pics to come.

West Bend arrived today to help out with the finishing touches on the church, as well as the next group home.

Now we need to keep the girls occupied until the 20th, when they start school again...