Fun Flowers and a Pineapple

Christmas Program at CPA

Last Friday night the school kids put on their end-of-the-year program and it was just so beautiful!

Grades 1, 2, and 3 had special numbers. Some did choreographies, some sang in English and some in Guarani and Spanish.

Our pre-school and kindergarten teachers did such a great job preparing a little skit for the kids. The pre-school teacher had the kids present the Christmas story and the kindergarteners did the story of THE PRINCE OF EGYPT...Moises. It was so cute! They did a lot of work on it and it was a special ending for our school year.

(P.S. The kindergarten teacher is Jason's fiancé...)

Thanksgiving Pictures

We had a mixed Thankgiving get-together...mixed as in Paraguayan and American friends. Jason and his fiancé, Katy Fretes, came as well as Pastor Pedro and his family.

I did a very American-style meal with corn on the cob, asparagus, green bean casserole (with real French-Fried onion rings that I found in an American section at a Supermarket in town) and, of course, Turkey. Jason made some apple pies for dessert.

Yes...we ARE thankful! God has been good!

Not Very Bloggy

I haven't been very bloggy lately. I haven't been writing or reading blogs for a while. There are several reasons...it's hot! We have been doing lots of end-of-school planning, etc. I had a toothache all weekend and finally, yesterday ran off to get it fixed, somehow. I spent some time with a friend who needed encouragement. I took the kids to soccer on Friday night at church. And...I have been totally caught up in this site...Prophecy News Watch.
This has always been Oscar's favorite topic, but just lately, as I see things unfold in front of my eyes and in every days' news, It's kind of interesting to see so much of prophecy being fullfilled. It makes me kind of want to go...now! It makes me want to purify myself even more. It makes some things in life seem so silly and unnecessary. It makes me anxious to see our KING OF GLORY coming in the clouds.
I am preparing for Thanksgiving and thinking about what to do on Christmas. I am busy about this and that...what to cook, what to buy. Gifts?...hmmmm. I am cooking, freezing and saving up, but I wonder, am I preparing for the wedding feast in the same way? Am I also doing good works, serving others, giving someone else some of this STUFF that I have stashed away for 18 years? Am I reaching out to the lost? Am I building up a teen with low self-esteem? Am I listening and encouraging my friend who is saddened by a marriage problem?
After all...what is life all about? What are YOUR plans for this coming month?
Okay, I gotta go. I am cleaning out closets today. I gotta give some of this stuff to someone who needs it...alot!

Guava Flowers

These beautiful, white flowers turn into golf-ball, size guavas in February. I was remembering that I still have some frozen guava butter from last year...hmmm. It suddenly turned into a Guava Coffee Cake. I kind of re-did a Betty Crocker Coffee Cake recipe and adapted it to our own tastes.















Guava Coffee Cake
3 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
Heat oven to 375º
Grease pan.
Blend all ingredients except for the topping. Spread in pan. Drop guava butter by teaspoons full on top of batter and smear slightly.
Sprinkle topping over batter. Bake 25 to 30 min.
Topping...
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 tablespoons of butter
2 cups of oats
Mix until crumbly.

Final Exam Speeches

Several teachers, this year, had the kids do speeches for their final exams.

Brandon did a speech about plant remedies. Interestingly enough, we had about 20 out in our back yard!

Edson is 3!

Edson's third birthday... November 15th.

I made the cake, but I bought the zoo animals, all painted up on styrofoam.

Edson was licking the icing as I was taking pictures.

The other kids are some of Edson's cousins.