Showing posts with label Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Church. Show all posts

Monday, August 16, 2010

Día del Niño










August 16th is "Día del Niño" - Kid's Day...
Yesterday we had a party at church for all the neighborhood kids. I made those fancy cakes! Today we had parties at school. I stopped at the supermarket after school and there was a clown there making animals out of long balloons for all the kids who went into Super 6. Many schools, churches, companies, or neighborhoods will put together some sort of party for the Paraguayan kids. Jazmin (Oscar's niece) was one of the clowns. Here are some pictures of our party..

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Baby Shower



I made a diaper cake yesterday for my friend's baby shower. I never did something like this, but I was looking for some ideas for baby showers and found this. I had some lace and ribbons (from Aunt Janet) and some left over Huggies and Pull-Ups from Edson and got to work on it.
Ta da! It was finished in less than an hour.
Karina is expecting her second girl! Giuliana, her first, is 8. We have been friends for a while, since Giuli was in Kindergarden at CPA.
Once when we were going somewhere, I saw a rainbow in the direction of their house. So, I messaged her and told her that God had a promise for her. She texted me back to say..."How did you know?" We laugh a lot about that! She let out her secret thinking that somehow I knew...before she was even two months pregnant. All I wrote was that God has a promise for her and her family because I saw a beautiful rainbow over their house.
We had fun picking out names and blessing our friend's pregnancy and baby. I printed out some cute Bible verses to read and to take home.
We prayed for this child and the Lord has granted us what we asked of Him. – I Samuel 1:27
“Every good and perfect gift is from above.” – James 1:17
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you…” – Jeremiah 1:5
“From the fullness of grace we have received one blessing after another” - John 1:16
“I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.” – Psalm 92:4
“And He took the children in his arms, put His hands on them and blessed them.” Mark 10:16
“Children too are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb, a reward.” – Psalm 127:3
“For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother’s womb.” – Psalm 139:13
It was a fun, girls night out!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Juan and Rossana








Backing up a bit, Oscar's nephew got married on March
27th at the Quinta. It was a beautiful wedding.

Edson, of course, was trying to enjoy himself.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Chapter Three...Saturday's Wedding




Our friends were married on Saturday. It was such a beautiful, simple wedding. They had both been searching for answers. Before and after her pregnancy, she was always very angry. Her sister and sister-in-law are both Christians. She would often come to church, but she never really opened-up to anyone. Her boyfriend wanted to get married and they were already living together, but she didn't. They fought all the time and finally, her dad told her to either separate or get married, and change her attitude about everything.
The following weekend at church she was a transformed person and was making plans for her wedding! She talks about how blessed she is. She sees beauty in everything. She laughs. She's content!
She is enjoying her "first love" in Christ.
What an incredible, life-changing miracle! Praise God!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009