What are we waiting for?
Tuesday at the end of our leader's meeting Wendy had walked by with her
mother-in-law and they were on their way to the hospital for her to have her
baby. We had not been able to hear from
her since then though Charlotte had tried to call her several times. Oscar, the baby's father had even ridden his
bike over to our house to ask if we had any news since they had not been able
to hear anything either but when we tried to call while he was here we still
got no answer. This morning we had
planned to assist the brothers in Salcoatitan with the movie for the teens that
they were doing as an outreach event.
About the time we were ready to leave Oscar knocked on our door and said
that they had finally gotten word that the baby was born last night and that
everything was good and that Wendy and the baby could come home this
morning. We checked to see if Elizabeth
wanted to ride with us since Danielito is still in the same hospital. The Drs. decided they think he has dengue fever and he has been pretty sick and his platelet count is low. Elizabeth was going to visit him and Suleyma
but she said she did not want to go this early since visiting hours were from
noon til 2 and she would just ride the bus. When we went by to pick us Oscar he
asked if his mother-in-law could go also. We arrived at the hospital entrance
about 9:30 but the guard said even Oscar could not go in till 10. I took a taxi over to Selectos and got some
cookie mixes and a few other things we had been unable to find in Juayua. I had left the car so Charlotte and Sandra
could rest in the shade since only Oscar was permitted to go in the hospital. I was glad I did not take the car because the
area around Selectos was thronged and driving would have been a pain. I got back about 10:30 and Oscar had just
gone inside. When we had picked up Suleyma
and Danielito from Santa Ana after his birth it did not take long at all so we
were expecting this to go pretty quickly.
Boy, were we wrong. At about 1:30
Elizabeth came out from her visit and saw us in the car. She said that Danielito's platelet count was
still low and that he might be transferred to San Salvador if he did not get
better by Monday. She asked the guard
about Wendy and he said there were still lots of people waiting to get signed
out of the hospital so it might be quite a while. I decided to walk over to a house near the
car where they were selling tortillas and ask if I could pay to use their
restroom. They were really nice and did
not want any money but I gave them a little anyway. It was worth it!! Then I bought some drinks and cookies and
just about the time I got back in the car Wendy and Oscar came out with the
baby. We ended up getting back to Juayua
about 2:45 and we had a 3:30 study scheduled with Jose and Kelly and
family. We were at least able to go to
the restroom and get a snack before we headed out. We were not able to get up with Cesar so we
went on by ourselves. Jose was roasting
coffee beans in the back as part of their process of making coffee so we just
moved our chairs back to sit near him so we could have the study. He even read some of the verses. We talked about the church as the body of
Christ and 1 Cor. 12 about how all the parts of the body need each other. At the end we talked about their being
baptized and he said that he, Kelly and Kiki were all about ready and where
would the baptisms be and what was the procedure. We thought they might go today but in the end
they said they still needed a little more time. BE PRAYING FOR THEM!!!! When we got back home we cleaned the house
and Charlotte worked on preparing some side dishes to go with pupusas. We had scheduled a dinner for our 4 leader
families and afterwards to develop the themes for classes and sermons when our
Huntsville group comes in July. I walked
over to the pupusas restaurant at 6:30 and got everyone's order filled. They were thronged and I had to wait about 40
minutes but everyone arrived somewhat late so we ended up eating about 8
anyway. We did make a lot of progress
but in the end the ladies decided they needed one more session on Monday.
New baby pictures...Eleazar
Wendy, Sandra, Oscar and Eleazar
Taxidermy, Skins and Feet
by Jose
Family Pets
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