i love this picture of a few of the kids getting their baths! the 3 little boys on the left were having a great time playing & laughing together while they waited! i love that the one little guy has his arm around the middle one! they are all so precious!



and here is a picture of the outside of the baby/toddler dormitory...

hello!

so i was just sitting here wanting to send out an update & couldn't think of anything to write when don called me out to the back porch. a few of the guys from EGO left this morning to take the van into port-au-prince to try to get it fixed... it's in pretty bad shape. anyway, i guess they got to "city soleil" (i have no idea where that is or how it's spelled!) and somehow the motor 'died' (my auto-ignorant way of saying that something's wrong with it!) and they can't get it started again. so they are stuck there for the time being... they were hoping to get the van fixed before the American team comes in next week to pick them up from the airport. SO, since i'm on the subject, please pray for a van (& also a large truck while you're at it!) for EGO.

okay & since i'm in prayer request mode anyway, i'm just gonna throw another one out there for you! please be in prayer for Don & Doris. they just have a lot going on this week, and especially today. pray that the Lord will give them wisdom, strength, encouragement & endurance!

so, on an unrelated note, yesterday i found out that EGO has 112 kids right now!!! i was thinking that the count was in the 70's, but counting the kids that are in school in port-au-prince there are over 100! included in that are 38 babies/toddlers from 0-3 years old!!! it's so amazing to me how God is working here! the kids are all so precious! when i go out to the baby/toddler 'dorm' to give a couple kids their medications, all of the little ones swarm around for hugs! i posted a picture of the baby/toddler dorm today so you could see how cute & colorful it is!

alrighty, i'm going to sign off for now! thanks again for all of the comments here and over e-mail! they are so encouraging and it means so much to me to know you are praying & thinking of me! love you all!