With the sun, rain, wind, etc., our sleeping tent, a ten person tent that Pop bought at Walmart, has about had it. The tent has been great, but it certainly was not intended to be used daily for seven months. We have sewn it, patched it, and put plastic over it time and again. With the big rain this last week, we added two more pieces of plastic and again, thankfully, I think we are in the dry. We are grateful to God for the lessons we have learned during this time of tent dwelling. We have a greater appreciation for the weather than we ever had before. I think we also appreciate more the experiences of the tent dwelling sojourners of which the Bible speaks.
Not much work happened on the house since my last post except the framing of some more walls, but Dane hopes to get back to that sometime next week.
Dane did work on the big Ford truck. He put rails on the flat bed, got it fixed up so that it would pass inspection, and got it insured so that the Sosa's could use it to haul yerba mate for other farmers. We hope that this will generate a little income for us and for our neighbors.
The things they say........
One day as Dane was working, he kept dropping his tools and said, "Boy, I am dropping tools left and right."
His helper, Elijah, our six year old, responded, "Yeah, and straight down!"
Furthermore, Dane passed a kidney stone a week ago Friday. I think that his bouncing around in the truck as he drove it to town dislodged it. Needless to say, he is happy to report that it is over for the time being. He did say that of all the accidents, broken bones, surgeries, etc, that he has had, passing a kidney stone was by far the most painful. Ouch! We are thankful to have him up and going again.
Also, we did get back to Posadas to apply for Joseph's Argentine passport the Tuesday before last. They told us that we should have it within forty days if there are no problems this time.
Joseph got his first pair of shoes Friday. He is walking really well now and at fourteen months old, he had never had anything except socks on his feet. You would have thought he was being tortured when we stood him up with the shoes. He walked and screamed like a cat with something on its feet, but within a half hour he was used to them. If it weren't socially unacceptable because of modesty issues, I imagine someday, if left to his own devices, he might resemble the vine swinging Tarzan.
Well, we are in the midst of celebrating the Passover this weekend. Passover, the time set aside to remember the sacrificial death of Jesus, was last night and today is the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which symbolizes our casting out of wicked worldly things for things of truth (1 Corinthians 5). Tomorrow will be the Feast of First Fruits, when we celebrate Jesus's resurrection and His gift of eternal life to us (1 Corinthians 15). In fifty days, will come the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was given unto men. This is a special time of remembrance and Bible study for us and we have enjoyed having the opportunity to study the Bible with our neighbors Susana and Andrea.
This is a picture of the beautiful sunset and a full moon that Dane took last night before we had our Passover meal.
Here is a picture of the children sitting around the table just before we began our Passover meal.
Wow....
One big worm!
Anyone want to go fishing?
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