I was finally able to visit one of my former girls (and a sweet friend of mine).  Her sweet little one, Sean Marcus was born six weeks ago and is doing great!!!  
She is a GREAT mom!  I am so proud of all she is doing to keep him healthy and well taken care of!!!
                                                               Isn't he beautiful???  
         I was able to get him his first Bible!  He is already a big reader!  He is a baby genius! 
                                                                    Kisses from me!!!

The girls like to hang out with the dogs every once in a while.  They love it when Onyx gives a high five! :)

I am now caring for 6....3 girls and three bellies.  It's an awesome responsibility that I truly hope that I live up to in the Lord's eyes. The girls are precious!

The whole Acosta family came to our home in South Carolina for the Memorial Day weekend!  It was a marvelous time with them and also with Tia Myrna and primo David!!  We ate a lot...played a lot and laughed a lot.  The weather was great and we even got to take a family picture out by the BBQ area.  Thanks for coming familia!!!!!!!!

We all sang hymns together. Carlos played the piano and David played the guitar.  

Tia Myrna y mi primo David.  We missed you Tio Edgar, Vivian and Edgar Javier!!!!  

La familia, enjoying the weather and the smell of food on the grill.

The "grilling men" of South Carolina.  We had a wonderful cookout with Carlos's delicious burgers!!!!!! The weather was perfect.

My sweet sister in law!  She is so beautiful!

This weekend, we got out my favorite game of Bolo Ball (thanks grampa and gramma Smith!!) :)  Carlos, David, Claudia and I played some, and Claudia was our champion!  

What a great looking group! :) 

Claudia, my sister in law and me.  We all ate at the hospital together and she let me borrow her hat for a minute for the picture.  

My sweet mother in law and Aunt Myrna while we were out flea market shopping.  Even though we didn't buy the cute table, we got a good picture of it! :)

Carlos and I were off this past weekend and so Carlos took me to Greenville, South Carolina for the weekend.  We hung out in Greenville, ate our favorite Great Harvest Bread for breakfast, went to the zoo, went to the park and waterfall,  read books, ate Italian food, swam in the hotel pool and relaxed (much needed for both of us). It was awesome. God is so good to give us the time and the resources to go away and be together.  

My handsome husband finally got his much needed time to SIT!!!  And read a book.  He forgets how much he enjoys these things until he finally gets to do them!!  I'm so thankful for him!!!

While we were in Greenville we walked downtown.  There is an amazingly beautiful park/bridge/waterfall area right in the middle of town.  It was a beautiful day!!  We were so thankful for some quality restful time.

Carlos and I were able to go to the Greenville Zoo and saw some amazing animals.  I took a ton of pictures, but here are just a few.  

I got to get really close to the turtles.

  He really wanted to make sure that he got into the picture!!   He kept smiling and showing his teeth.  

In February, we were able to visit some of our best friends in the world.  All 6 of us met in San Antonio, Texas for a week of fun!!  We visited some great places, ate some great food, played lot of "Settlers of Catan," but best of all, laughed so hard it hurt.   We are so blessed to know the Kempenichs and the Walkers!!

Since coming to Greenwood, the Lord has provided my dream job.  I work at a ministry called "A Place For Us" that houses 6 (at a time) young women who are going through unplanned pregnancy.  They live in the program until the baby is born (and for a little while after).  I am the program instructor. I am in charge of the girls' Bible studies, adoption classes, parenting classes, crown budgeting, keeping up with the girls' schooling (some with GED, others homebound high school).  I also work with them on job skills and training.  It's hard to describe all that the ministry entails in just a few words.  The team of amazingly Godly ladies I work with are such a blessing and so encouraging as we all go through triumphs and failures together!  Praise HIM!  Here are a few pictures of my girls.  

We met Amanda and Brian when we moved to Greenwood and soon after, sweet Corrie Anna was born.  She is now  6 months (and a baby genius). :)  This was her first try at drinking juice.  We really enjoy our time with Amanda, Brian and Corrie Anna!  And Corrie just happens to be the cutest thing since sliced bread.