Sunday, July 1, 2007

Where are Phil and Judy????

....or we just go for a walk/run with our grandkids

Look out Abbotsford...here I come!

Visiting the market....this is a ceremonial/festival jacket
Obviously most Quiche' men are shorter than Philip!

Then it started to pour...grandpa made sure Anika stayed dry!




We took Sergio's famiy to the zoo...it was a great experience for them
All of the five guys work at Casa Angelina and all five accepted the Lord in May.


We brought along CDN flags...the kids marched around the yard

Timbit....when there is no Tim Horton's
Shawn and Molly Jane

The Sagerts from Chilliwack...Natalie (mom)

Zachary, Asher and Molly Jane...Zach had made fudge for us.


The town of Nejab

The road to Nejab...many curves...lots of construction



Talking with staff at the Spanish school....


Our granddaughter's first birthday...
she was not impressed with the pinata!


Visiting the Pacific ocean...black sand


The two wonderful gals who tried to teach us Spanish.
Philip's teacher wanted to be taller than him.


Philip is making tortillas....his turned out square but they tasted great!


We became part of a drama depicting a Mayan wedding...
We are the parents of the groom...

Or sometimes we just sit in traffic.....


Philip is explaining to staff and students the purpose of Casa Angelina.


Kerry is helping Philip understand his Spanish homework.



Saturday, June 23, 2007

Casa Angelina Orphanage

This is Jovelin...an amazing house parent....she is mom to all the children.

Julio is busy making a sloping hillside to retain the rain.



These two houses are the finished product...


one has a family of 11 boys and the other house is


waiting for the finishing touches to be done.





Two houses are ready for their roofs and inside work.






This building will become the school and chapel. It is

attached to a building that will have 4 family units and another building

that will have 4 family units and a very large dining room.























....more of God's beautiful children at the orphanage



Four of the princesses of Guatemala waiting to meet Patricia.



Patricia is hugging the young boy that she sent to Casa Angelina.




Patricia is receiving '"thank you for coming "cards from the children.


Yuri is showing Patricia- wife of the mayor of Guatemala City the Mercy Medical Clinic.
Patricia has opened a shelter for street kids and had placed two children at Casa Angelina.