The folks who host the guest house in El Paso that our mission and a few other missions use took a few month furlough to go see their family and visit their churches. So, there is a rotation to fill that need while they are gone.
This last week was my turn. I've been cleaning toilets, vacuuming, doing tons of laundry. Then, something exciting happened. A semi truck pulled up right in front of the house! JAARS helped one of the MK school teachers move back to Mexico from her furlough. So, I got to help unload her stuff - table, couch, plastic tubs, etc. Soon, everything was loaded up in a pickup and on it's way to Mexico.
So, this is one opportunity the Lord has opened for me to help out.
Elisabeth stayed busy folding little reading booklets. We were able to find & download graded readers in Spanish for the Spanish Dept. They gave me the job of getting them folded, and ready. There are tons! I've been working little by little each day while I watch a movie, etc, but it just wasn't getting done fast enough. Elisabeth & one of the Spanish teachers, Danny, helped me out today and we made a huge dent in the pile.
After walking around a while, we stopped to get some freshly made juice. The choices were: beet, carrot, alfalfa, cactus, pineapple, orange, and maybe one other flavour. These are what I remember. Needless to say, we had orange juice. It reminded us of the freshly squeezed orange juice that we used to drink in Panama. It's stuff you just don't get in the US.
Although it's a little late, there were a few roses left in full bloom. They smelled so beautiful.
