So this afternoon the girls discovered Cohen and Leah's Mobigo. Mobigos are little video games for preschoolers -- they have Toy Story, Dora, and Superhero games -- but the girls love them! I actually think it is great English practice for them. They keep repeating differen phrases that they heard on the games.
This week Robby has been preparing for a team from the organization Florida Baptist Children's Homes who are coming next week. Without a doubt, the hardest part of preparing is deciding which family will receive the house this group is planning to build. We visited the town of El Tejar and met with many different families. One family has seven biological children and also has taken in two orphaned children. Another family has an alcoholic father who spends most of his time in the streets. We also met with many families who are working as hard as they possibly can, but just not earning enough money to provide for their families.
Also this week, Mariela came to live with us. We met Mariela through another missionary when we started looking for someone to help take care of Cohen and Leah. Although we really don't need full-time help, Mariela really needed a safer place to live. She was living in a dangerous part of the city where gangs have taken over. It was going to take her four buses and several hours just to get to our house, so we decided that it would be best to have her live with us. We are so thankful to have a loving, Christian woman helping us with Cohen and Leah when we are working. She speaks some English, but Spanglish is spoken fluently in our house these days!
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