Pictures of Kinder...

August 2008

About time I am sure you are thinking!!! Well LOTS has happened over the past month with the kiddos! Right now they are working on writing their names and their numbers. Most of them know and recognize off their shapes and colors still which is great! We are finishing up the Ten Commandments this coming up week! It is so great to hear them say them. Their favorite is "Thou shalt not steal." I am not sure why, but they say it all the time! They also have made a book where they had to color correctly what I had previously colored. We are in the finishing process of making the book! They are SOOOOO excited to have their own book. We have just memorized Genesis 1:31 from the AWANA Cubbies handbook! They tend to really like the program so far. Starting sometime in the next week or so we will have a NEW curriculum that will last for all times! I am so happy for this. It will help so much since I don't know exactly what to teach sometimes. They still like to do puzzles and the newest things are the train and bowling! They love to bowl....Thanks, Heather, for bringing this! Here are a few pictures and I am sure I will have more soon!

Jhonatan writing "Jh".

Edwin writing "d" A LOT of times!

Ericka writing "E".....she is doing so good!

Zuleica playing in the blocks!

Jhonatan and the new train!

Paul and his legos.....not sure what he was building!

Edwin working on drawing his shapes then cutting them out!

Fiorella's Despedida......Bon Voyage with her new familiy!

August 28, 2008
Yet another child who has received a new family! What a blessing to see a child go from having no parents to care for her to two loving parents! She went to Lima first, which I didn't know about, and then came back a little disappointed. She didn't get to see her new parents or spend time with them when she went there to do paperwork or something of that sort. Her father is disabled from a military accident a long time ago, so it was hard for them to come and see her.....but they did! They came and spent almost a week here at the orphanage. They roomed and got to bond with her in apartment 6, which is another reason that Mr. Miller had them built! It was a great time of bonding for them. Being that normally we don't get much time to talk with the families, this time we did. While Fiorella and her new mother went shopping for new things, her dad would stay back and talk and tell stories....kinda reminded me of Uncle Elbert when it comes to story telling! They had a BIG party the night before they left to go and live in Lima! Here are some pictures of the party and of Fiorella and her new family!

Fiorella with her new family!

Partying in the Comedor!

The tables of treats....look at those 2 cakes! One was for Robyn's birthday from Fiorella's parents! How sweet of them!

Some of the boys with Araceli playing a game!

Joel and Yamelit playing a game!

And there isn't a party without singing!!

Fiorella with Samir! He gave her a card!