1 year

So today marks one day since we took our second set of five kiddos. Last year on this day we took in Cindy and Marjuri(sisters), Monica, Fernando, and Katty (siblings).

Marjuri did not know how to walk or much less talk or show any emotion. She was a very scared little girl. Well now she is here and full of joy and beginning to talk up a storm at times, she can walk, and even is completely potty trained, and for sure is full of joy!
Cindy is still a work in process but hey aren't we all. Cindy came to us with a lot of anger and confusion. We would have to sit with her a hour at a time or so and restain her and hope she would settle down. We would get bit and kicked and our hair pulled and get called all sorts of names. Well she still is coming along but I look back and she has came a long ways. Some days I am still not too sure what to do with her but then I look back at where she was and she is slowly coming along. Also Cindy attended kinder this year and next year is on to the big 1st grade!

Then there is Fernando, Monica, and Katty. They came from very poor circumstances and where not so much behaving proper/normal at times. They were not shown how to eat properly or to dress properly. Monica especially ate like a monster. After a year of being here they are acting more "normal" if that is even the word. But the three of them are more than a blessing to this family. They are each forming their own little personalities and becoming their own. Monica and Fernando spent their first full year in kinder but will repeat next year and Katty will get to start next year too we are hoping!

Thank you for all of you who take these kiddos names before our father. It is because of people like you that I see change! God is good!