Zapatos Paro los Ninos

Here we are in front of the sign to the entrance of the squaters village. It was another great time handing out shoes and little toys to the children. The woman to the right of the picture is my sister Letticia who tagged along with Debbie and I. View looking down the road

This house was next to the house that we were at.

Los Tres Amigas! Here we are on our way to the Island. You have to ferry over from Cancun. I will post more pictures once I get them- I plan to do a youtube video just like last year.

GETTING AWAY

I am away right now with my darling husband. He had to go away on buisness overnight so I decided to tag along. While he is in his 4 hour meeting I get to do whatever I want in the hotel room. I bring lots of things - I brought my magazines, books, crochet, braided rug, computer and more- you would think I was going to be here for a week!

I have been so blesssed to have been able to get some much needed rest the past month or so. I encourae everyone to get some time alone. My time alone is not just pleasure time. I spend a lot of time thinking and making notes of things that need to be changed in our home, goals for the kids and myself, and best of all praying and spending time with God-allowing him to re-direct my paths, convict me of my faults, and keep me going in this journey called life.

Blessings,
Adrienne

Vacationing with the Amish and Mennonites

I know this looks like a weird vacation picture but I just had to post it. I love to just sit outside in one of our camping chairs and read my favorite decorating magazine! I brought with me a DVD of how to make a rag rug with a "toothbrush" hook. I couldnt wait to start the rug so I went out to the local Wal Mart and bought some fabric but you have to wash it and dry it before you can use it- since I had just finished doing a lot of laundry (which is not cheap to do at the camp site) I decided to really rough it and............

Wash the fabric by hand in my little laundry tub! I felt like I was living back in the good old days!

This is the fabric hanging on the line to dry. I will post the finished rug on a later post. The following pictures are some of our favorite things to do while on vacation:

EAT! and not just anywhere- WE LOVE SHADY MAPLE!!! it is an all you can eat place and the food is awesome. They even have an Icee machine!

Playing "spot" but instead of looking for yellow cars we look for buggies. When you spot a horse and buggy you yell- "SPOT" the one who gets to 20 first wins.

Hanging out with good friends! Camping is even better when you go with friends. The Simonson family was able to join us on this trip for a few days. This picture is of the kids waiting for the big race to start..........

woops- my pictures are out of order. This was the view from our camper door! It just does not get better than this! We were right next to the creek. I didn't post the picture but every day a family of ducks would come over and we would feed them.

This is the big RACE!!! Mr. Simonson and Mr. Davis pedal - thats right- this is pure man power- around a tree and back. Let's just say Mark is a bit out of shape and was happy to make it back to the finish line alive!

We had such a great time in Lancaster. I love the Menonite and Amish people. I feel very rested (we slept in every morning) and mentally refreshed. I enjoyed going to Goods store to stock up on fabric. I hope that some day Mark and I will be able to retire there.

More of Mexico

I wanted to post a few more pictures of Mexico. These are the missionaries that work on the island.

This is Debbie and I with one of the teachers that will be working at the school that the missionaries help out at. The school is there for any native who wants to learn english. If they learn english their job opportunities increase and they are able to live a better life.

On a Mission

Debbie and I are back from our trip to Mexico. As much as I needed some R & R- my favorite part of the trip was visiting the people of Guanalapana, a squaters village on the sourthern part of Isla Mujeres. We were invited to deliver the 50 some pair of shoes by 2 American missionaries -Greg and Natalie- who live on the Island (more about them in a later post)
This is a proud grandmother who has picked up a pair of shoes for a family member.

Because we carried the shoes in a big garbage bag, I had to dump them on the dirt floor to pair them up. I asked the children to help me pair up the shoes. We gave first choice to the family that invited us into their home. Soon, this room would be wall to wall children looking for a pair of shoes to fit their feet.

Debbie blessing a little girl with some Crocks.

This is Lily. She was very sweet and we were able to converse in spanish. She told me that some day her daddy was going to buy her a golf cart just like the one that Debbie and I rented.

(Our golf cart was a huge hit with the chidren.) Once we ran out of shoes to give away I took the kids for a ride.

I pray this is the first of many trips. I am already looking to get to the stores to purchase more shoes before the summer stock is gone. If anyone would like to donate shoes for the chidren please let me or Debbie know and we will make sure that the shoes get there. I am also going to be collecting matchbox cars for the boys and headbands for the girls. I will post more pictures in the next few days.

A little Vacation

Leaving for vacation! We have been preparing all day to go away for a few days. The family is headed for CHAP which is a big homeschool convention out in Pennsylvania. The convention is on Friday and Saturday but we will pulling out on Wednesday. Our plan is to stay at a camp ground that is within minutes of the convention. The kids will hang out at the camp ground while Mark and I reviw curriculum. I hope to attend a few of the seminars and renew my passion for homeschooling. See you when I get back!

PS- Mark found the missing chip!