Busy bees

We have been busy, busy, busy for the past few days. I was able to get my list for the school done just before Jason was to leave for the school to sign our part of the contract. We were able to turn it in and everything went fine. Monday night we were supposed to have dinner with the Jacksons and all their guests. I made Spaghetti sauce, Broccoli, Salad, and a cake and Becky was supposed to make the noodles and garlic bread. When we got there we found out that many of the group had the throwing up sickness that Jordan had on Friday. They asked us not to stay because they did not want us and especially the kids to get sick. It was a huge disappointment. Jason took me to dinner at Popeys instead as the group was eating the dinner I had worked on all day and I didn't have anything else ready to cook at home.

Yesterday we went to the church to pick up some leftover paint we had to paint our house before we leave. We found a lot of water inside the church when we got there. Jason thought it had come over the doorjam, but upon further investigation we realized that someone had turned on the water and not turned it off. Water only comes twice a week in Ojojona, but one of those days was Monday. Praise the Lord the only thing that was ruined was two boxes and some tracts. We were able to save over half of the tracts. PTL!

As we were getting back in the truck to leave, Esperanza came out. She looked done in. She said that she couldn't make it much longer living in a house full of fornication and adultery. It has taken a toll on her emotionally and financially. Renting a house or apartment would be too expensive. Her only option that we can see is for her to voluntarily place her children in an orphanage. She would then be free to find a job as a live in housecleaner to support herself. She asked us to help her find a good orphanage and arrange the governmental aspects for her. This is one of the hardest things a mother has to do is turn away her children. But we are praising the Lord that if this is what she does, there is a good Baptist orphanage where we can have them sent.

After we got back from that we went to Larach (the hardware store) and bought paint and other things we needed to get the house ready for us to leave. I can't believe how quickly time is passing. It still doesn't seem real to us that we are to be leaving two weeks from yesterday. We are still waiting on the papers from our truck to sign and send back. They were received by our courier last week, but they seem to be taking thier own sweet time getting it to us. We will have to try and look again to day to see if they came in.

Today we are going to hunt for some boxes to finish packing Jason's office, pack, and start painting the house. Fun, fun, fun.