Happy Birthday!!

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliciton, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. James 1:27

This morning we walked to the orphanage gate, rang and waited..... the tia said, Good morning  I laughed, Good morning  She said, Who is? lol It's Brianna! :) I love them! They knew it was going to be us, and they want to make us feel at home.

We spent our morning as usual, feeding toddlers, giving bottles to baby's, dressing children, practicing Spanish, cleaning up after little ones......but it is such a joy!

We loaded 5 babies in one wagon, 3 toddlers in the other wagon, two toddling along behind and the littlest princess in my arms! We headed across the street to play and go swimming. Natasha and I have as much fun as the toddlers! :)

Today is this little guy's 2nd Birthday, so we put up some decorations this morning and had a little party for him this afternoon.

His sister was so happy to be celebrating with him!!

His "apple pie" birthday cake

She looks like a princess on her throne!

 I love these faces!

This one too!

O yes, our amazing decorating skills! :)

My spoon was about 5 inches long and 1/2 inch wide, it was interesting trying to eat jello..but hey we hang out with children all the time! We can do it!

I love watching them enjoy each other!

This evening Natasha and I were a bit restless, so after doing our "123" push-ups and our "ABC" sit-ups we headed outside to find some adventure!!!

We stared at the mountains, and we found a soccer ball to play basketball with!

I found a fire to warm me up in the "freezing cold" Ecuadorian winter evening.

 O yes, and this tree! I think they are so beautful! I call them the pineapple trees, but nobody ever knows what I am talking about! 

just because..

I just love these trees!

Notice the resemblance?????

So after a good walk and talk we were able to settle down for the night! Well sort of...

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Last night I had a good Spanish lesson! I watch The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, in Spanish! It was really great! It was easier to understand then real life, so I picked up on a lot of words, I spent a lot of time on Google translate and writing things down in my notebook! People have told me that watching TV is a really good way to learn a language and its definitely a good idea!

 My studious little work station....