Quick Update

Well, we're still "two down, one to go", but making progress. Matt and John were able to cross the border in to Mexico with all of our stuff, which was a huge blessing. They were told many different things by many different people before trying to cross, and we were not at all sure we would be able to get Heidi's and Isaac's clothes and things in. Thank you all for your continued prayer as they travel through Mexico and deal with the Guatemalan border in a couple of days, hopefully.

The cleft palate kids have surgeries underway, and could also use your prayer coverage! There are 7 of the 12 that we took that are receiving their surgery this week. Two will go back in February-- one was sick the night before his evaluation, and the other we still have to clarify with the team. We are not sure that they will be able to help him with his speech, since he is 19 years old with a very large opening in his palate. Three were referred for dental work and retainers to patch the small holes in their palates, and we will work on this with a local missionary dentist as soon as possible.

The team, Medical Missions for Children, is the same one that operated on these kids last January! They are amazing, and you can check them out online at mmfc.org if you want to read more about their work all over the world. We are so appreciative that they came back to help again this year!

Today while Matt is still travelling, Heidi and Isaac are hanging out at home and settling back in. We are working on teaching Isaac to fall asleep on his own (working towards a better sleep routine that will get us through the night) and making baby food. There was also a lot of clean-up work to be done after we were gone for a month, and that will take the better part of these two days. Yuck.

Thursday we will be busy at ASELSI, for sure-- our first time back in over a month. Friday Heidi is hoping to maybe hire one of the girls that works at ASELSI to come to the Hospital Buen Samaritano with her to look after Isaac, since she is sure to be busy there, too!

Please continue to pray for patience for us both as we are apart from each other for longer than we ever have been, and both under stressful circumstances. We believe with all of our hearts that your prayers have made and continue to make a huge difference in our work here. Keep up the good work!

Pictures to follow, when the camera and laptop are reunited, hopefully later this week...