Birthdays!

This is the week for birthdays--near and far. Yesterday was Esther's birthday so we celebrated here in the house with Pizza Hut delivery. Esther is a 4th grade teacher at Sojourn Academy which is part of the Institute de Lengua Espanola. She has been living with the Chinchillas since August. I made a cake when I got home from class in the afternoon. So after pizza, we celebrated with chocolate cake and ice cream. The picture is the whole family, except for Jose who wasn't home from work yet and me, of course!

Today is Chloe Guenther's first birthday! It's hard to be here when we'd like to be giving her a hug and a gift. Her birthday party is on Saturday so the best we can do is make a phone call.

Tomorrow afternoon, we will celebrate Rebeca's first birthday. She is the daughter of Luis David, worship pastor at Vida Nueva San Jose, and Carolina. She is a dark haired beauty and we're excited to be a part of her birthday. Rodolfo and Rocio are picking us up at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon for the drive to Moravia. We don't know when we will be back, but it should be a grand fiesta!