Edwin turned 15 in March, and Alejandro turns 15 in May. So we brought both over to our place for the weekend to celebrate their birthdays.  Neither one has any siblings at Casa Shalom or family that visits them, and so we wanted them to have a special time with us.

If you haven’t noticed, we celebrate a lot of birthdays!  But we feel that it’s so important that each kid comes to know how special they are to God. Like David wrote in Psalm 139:13-16, He created each one of them and has a plan for each one of them.

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

Yuli’s family has also been such a huge help and blessing with these celebrations.  Veronica was their teacher before and enjoys hanging out with them.  And Yuli’s nephews Christian and Manuel had a great time playing soccer and goofing off with them.