week one is just about done.

Içm in the airport. for some reason my apostrophe is coming out like a french c with the thing hanging below. also i cançt use parentheses. oy. no exclmation points either. my style is cramped. sheesh

weçre dropping off the first team. andy and i are here with them. the second team arrived this morning. anna and kirsten went to pick them up. kim and matt stayed behind to clean up the apartemnt in between teams since there is approximately a twenty minute lapse between the one team leaving and the next arriving. kennedy, bless her heart, is not feeling well and took a much needed rest.

this team has truly tested me this week. there were a lot of Ts in that sentence. :D there are twelve of them. some i have come to love dearly. others have tried me every step of the way. i know this is a way for God to help me to grow. but itçs hard. my main goal as part of the host staff is to assist them team in their ministry and minister to their needs. my patience with them has been pushed to the limit, though, and even though they are waiting to get on a plane, i would truly appreciate your prayers. i donçt want the emotions içm struggling with now to cause me to treat the other teams differently. last summer i was here for about a month to five weeks before i cried the first time. içve cried three times this summer already and içve been here for nine days.

many have asked for an update on victor so here it is: heçs the MOST adorable kid in the life center. and if youçve seen my pictures from last year and thought he was cute, just wait. he has gotten better. He came running up to me the first day and threw his arms around me and i struggled to not lose it right then. he has his front teeth again, thank goodness. and his smile is enough to brighten any mood. thatçs good with the week içve had. he has friends this summer too. last year he was so new that he didnçt know many of th eboys. this year i see him with another kid each time i see him. i have been so blessed to spend this week with him. içm very excited about strengthening our bond throughout the summer too. one absolutely amazing thing that i learned when i arrived is that his cousin is here! (i found the punctuation i love) Josue Brando Torrico is one of our new boys. he is a grande (meaning he is one of the older boys) and at some point before the BLC they lived under the same roof (with a grandparent i think). he doesn´t have a sponsor yet so if anyone is interested! (hint, hint www.cinonline.org) it is so great to see them together!

thanks for all your prayers. the christ fellowship youth group is here this week. 24 plus my friend Trevor and Kirsten´s little brother Chris. i´m prettty excited about what God is gonna do. Keep praying.

God is Great and worthy to be praised. I must decrease so HE may increase!

love to all.