No Beef!!

There is a ban on beef exporting and all the cattle of San Pedro. We butcher a cow about every 8 months and we actually were going to do it this weekend...BUT...read this link...Beef Exports Halted After FMD Detection. NOT GOOD!!!
Here is one more...Cattle to be slaughtered...
No more hamburgers for a while. :(
I think we'll be going vegetarian!

Check out my new Colegio Privado Adonai blog.

I'm working on it!!!

I am working on creating two blogs...one will be a family blog and one will be a ministry...school blog.
I will INVITE you to the family blog, and I will make the school's blog open to anyone. so....hang in there. I am working on it. If you are interested in our family blog, let me know so I can add you to our list. Write me...karencaba68@gmail.com.
We are planning a trip to san pedro this weekend...so I might not have time to post until next week.
I will tell you that our trip was wonderful and it was wonderful to be home in the US.

Edson is slowly getting into spanish again. After speaking to his teacher in English, she finally pulled him aside and said...Edson, you have to speak in spanish like before you left to go to the united states.
He looked at her and tried to say what he was thinking very slowly, but he did it.
Weather wise, its been cold ever since we got here. We are two weeks away from spring, so I hope it warms up a little bit.
Okay...I will post more in a bit.
:)

National Anthem

Here in Paraguay the National anthem is sung at school like the Americans say the Pledge of Alligence (not sure how to spell this right now, sorry). The kids are taught to stand up straight with their arms down to the side. One is supposed to be face forward and very serious. During our school program last week celebrating our 200 yr. Independence Day. I happened to look over to my right where the pre-school group was standing. Some movements distracted me from the solemness of the National Anthem.

Sorry...I just had to break the rules of respect for the National Anthem and film this!

I told Edson that we could laugh about it this time...but he cannot EVER do this again during the National Anthem.

200 years!

Signs of Paraguay's bicentennial.

T-Shirts

Brandon designed this t-shirt for our high school's camp...it says...

Daniel 11:32b (English Standard Version)

...but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.

Since we are celebrating Paraguay's bicentennial I thought he did a good job including the colorful flag.

If you want a shirt, let me know, they are selling them for his graduation. I can bring you one for $10! ;)

Coloring the Dog...

I bought Edson some colored chalk the other day and all of a sudden noticed that "Parche" was now a colorful, rainbow dog.

He had so much fun coloring the dog and we all thought it was so creative and funny.

He spent at least an hour on his masterpiece!