The Last Few Days

It's been a busy few days with Matt's parents in town. It's been very nice to have some help with Isaac and a great chance for him to play with Grandma and Grandpa.

Thursday was clinic at ASELSI. Heidi went down by herself so Matt, Isaac, and the grandparents could stay at home for a bit and get Isaac his morning nap. He does a whole lot better when he gets that. After his nap, the whole gang went down to see Heidi and to go shopping in the market. Also, Matt had a rehearsal with ASELSI's praise band.

The reason for the rehearsal was that on Friday there was a huge celebration for John and Sharon Harvey's 15 year anniversary in Guatemala. Over 500 people came to celebrate with them. They fed the entire crowd (Isaac's "Aunt Cecy" was in charge of making 500 tamales) and then had a worship service. Matt played with the band. (See pic #1)

Saturday, we all went out to Canilla where the house was eerily quiet. Duane, Aaron, Katie, Joe, and Rachel are all in the US to attend Aaron and Katie's wedding reception(s). David and Leslie stayed behind with the babies. Sabina, a friend from Lake Atitlan, has been at the house to help out, too.

Clinics on Saturday and Sunday were relatively routine, but it's pretty obvious when a member of the team is missing. Katie, hurry back!

Today was our clinic in Chicabracan. Again, Matt, Isaac, and the grandparents stayed home because Toby and Britney went along to help out. We're really going to miss them - they're leaving Guatemala this week to go on a tour of Central America, and then they're moving back to the US for Toby to start law school.

Tomorrow morning, Matt will take his parents back to Guatemala City for their flight back home to Michigan. Toby may ride along as he's got some errands to run in that area and it saves him another Chicken Bus ride.

Oh, and in Isaac news, he's now officially mobile. After a few weeks of frustration (he knew he SHOULD be able to crawl but couldn't do it) he finally took off at the Fickers' in Canilla. (See pic #2 for Isaac in mid-crawl)

He had a minor setback on Sunday morning when he got up in his hands and feet posture and took a noseplant onto the tile floor, bloodying his nose. But he's still got a long way before his nose looks like his daddy's, so we'll just go with it.