Children's Day

 For children's day (a big celebration here!) the kids from the boys and girls homes came over for a big party with lots of candy and music!

 The littlest ones got dressed up.

 Before the party there was a big face painting session for most of the kids at the babyhouse.

 This has been one of my favorite pieces of art that I have seen since getting here, it's on the side of a restaurant called 'Casablanca.' 

Colossians 3:1-17

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.

12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

This week I made a list of the things I love about Bolivia and put it above my mirror where I can keep adding to it for the rest of the year... Today I added another item to that list:

Bolivia has many sounds; revving engines, honking horns, barking dogs... but my favorite is hearing the kids calling, "Tia Susannah! Tia Sue!" I love hearing the prattling voices asking a multitude of questions about what I'm wearing, if I have a bed in my room, where I'm going, (and many other questions that I have yet to understand.) Today, as I was leaving, a couple kids called out greetings and Daniel ran up to me calling my name, I held out my arms. "Give me a hug!" I said, he complied with a smile that warmed my heart. The entire time walking to Kathryn and Gustavo's I was walking on the clouds... I couldn't stop smiling!