Picture of the Week
This is what winter in Baja looks like.
Archive for February, 2010
Feb
22
Feb
22
Mediana Girls Pizza and Movie
Last weekend we hosted the older Mediana girls in our house for pizza and a movie. Randy and Beth Whitman provided the food and movie since the girl they sponsor is in that dorm. It was great having them over to visit and watching them in the house. Of course, pizza is always hit as [...]
Feb
21
Murrieta Visit Photos
Here are some pictures from the Murrieta visit this weekend. It was great to have them here as always!
Feb
14
A Great Meal
We had a GREAT lunch today, made up of chicken mole (pronounced ‘mol-ay’), rice, refried beans (with peppers in them), and hot corn tortillas. Mole is a traditional Mexican dish that is made from the cacao bean (which is where chocolate comes from). This caldron of bubbling goodness is one of Mommy Juanita’s specialities. [...]
Feb
14
Valentine’s Day at the City of Children!
We had a great day of Valentine’s celebrations today. We had a gift swap between all of the staff after lunch. My favorite part of it was that it was in front of all the kids. I think its good for them to see all of their “parents” at the City of Children laughing, hugging, [...]
Feb
1
Picture of the Week
This week in one of the children’s afternoon Bible classes, Jesus talked to the kids about family. As a part of his talk, he encouraged those kids who had brothers and sisters to get together with their sibling and give them a hug. Jose and Sandy Cordova were not at all shy when presented with [...]
Feb
1
Cultural Experience
This weekend during our team leaders meeting, Ricardo suggested that we invite two of his nieces and the Mexican cultural group that they perform with to come and do their thing at the team leaders meeting. We agreed that would be something interesting and different not really knowing what to expect. To our surprise, there [...]