Never a Dull Moment

They came!  They came!  They finally came!!!  That's right, my parents took the plunge...well a few plunges actually by the time their trip was over.  They came half way around the world to visit me and the beautiful people on this little island :)

Little Anthony was happy to share a smile with Grandpa Mike  :)

Mom and Dad met a few people, and then a few more, and then a few more...somedays it seems that we have a revolving door.  But my folks were good sports about it and they did their best to keep up with all the new faces and crazy names. 

The village turned out to give them a proper welcome complete with homemade flower necklaces, singing, and a little tambourine and drum action.

We had a great time :)  Thanks for all those who helped get them here!

We never know what a day will hold here.  We've learned to just surrender it to the One who knows and ask for the strength and wisdom needed to face each situation that comes.  This is Jude and his foot, which he accidentally deeply sliced open with a machete.  We asked him if he wanted us to take him to the hospital an hour down the road, but he opted to let me sew him up...so 25 stitches and 1.5 hours later  his wound was closed and I was tired.  We prayed for healing and a pain-free recovery.  I took this picture 15 days after the accident right before I took out the last of his stitches.  Praise God Jude is infection and pain free and he has full range of motion in his foot!

And now for a clinic update...it's been a while since I posted pictures, but the last pictures I posted were of a nearly finished building...and then this happened.  The village association decided that the clinic needed to be totally remodeled, so that they could still get the large sum of money that had been promised by another NGO.  I supposed the concept of tearing down to build back up doesn't only apply to muscles...

At least they are filling in the holes so that it no longer looks like a bomb hit the building :)

Every time I look at these pictures, I just have to shake my head and remind myself I'm not in my home country anymore.  Sometimes...ok often, I am confused by the methodology of projects here.  I suppose it's not wrong, just different...very, very different :)

As you can see, it's all worked out.  I took this picture just this week.  The clinic is looking great inside and out.  However, I'm not holding my breath as to whether or not the project is complete because you can see from the pictures above what happened the last time I said the clinic was nearly finished :)  Haha!
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!!!