{"id":154,"date":"2011-04-22T20:58:31","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T02:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casashalom.net\/potters\/?p=154"},"modified":"2012-05-16T18:45:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T00:45:39","slug":"its-been-a-busy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a busy week"},"content":{"rendered":"

With school out this week for Easter, our schedule has changed a bit, and here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n

Clara is a girl who grew up at Casa Shalom along with her brother and sister, and Yuli use to be her teacher. \u00a0She\u2019s now living on her own, and we\u2019ve had her stay with us in the past. \u00a0Unfortunately Clara got pregnant last fall, and the dad doesn\u2019t want to help out. \u00a0But we\u2019re happy that she gave birth to a healthy girl last week, and on Friday we were able to bring her siblings over to see her and meet their new niece.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Carlos, Clara and Flora with Clara’s new baby<\/div>\n

After the death of their mom, Clara took over the role with Flora and Carlos. \u00a0Young, unwed pregnancies are a huge problem in Guatemala, and it\u2019s sad to see Clara in the same situation. \u00a0Earlier this year were hoping to get her enrolled in school this year because she only needs one more year to finish high school. We would appreciate your prayers for Clara and her new baby. \u00a0We\u2019ve given her some baby supplies, and we\u2019re praying about how else we can best help her out.<\/p>\n

Then last weekend we had our friend and fellow missionary Elizabeth stay with us. \u00a0She works with Yuli\u2019s sister at another orphanage called\u00a0La Senda<\/a>. We had a big sleep over with a bunch of Yuli\u2019s family and enjoyed each other\u2019s company. We also met up with Santos and Jos\u00e9 (the boys we\u2019re sending to school) and helped them with some school projects.<\/p>\n

Guatemala has a bunch of traditions for Holy Week, and my favorite is the foods! \u00a0On Wednesday I drove with Yuli\u2019s dad over to his hometown of San Cristobal, Totonicapan. \u00a0It\u2019s about 3 hours away, and every year her dad likes to visit there in order to buy a special bread from there. \u00a0This year the date fell right on his birthday, and his brother and sister and two grandkids joined us for the journey.\u00a0I got to meet a bunch more family, and they gave us a wonderful lunch of ribs and Guatemalan sausages. The highlight\u00a0was definitely that I got to see where they grew up, and it also let me spend a really fun day together with my father-in-law.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Yuli’s father, aunt and uncle in front of their old house<\/div>\n

So on Thursday morning we ate the bread with hot chocolate, and lunch was a chicken and vegetable dish. \u00a0Today we had a fish dinner. It was all fabulous! But the weirdest thing I ate was a sweet syrup made with garbanzo beans. (not one of my favorites)<\/p>\n

This weekend we\u2019re having our buddy Edwin over again to stay with us for Easter, and then on Monday it\u2019s back to Casa Shalom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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