Peanut butter (no jelly) time!

This morning we awoke at the center and tonight we'll sleep in Hotel Soleil. We're in Antigua for the weekend to catch a little break from our routine and to meet and greet our new team that arrives Saturday. Back to the center though- Fridays and Sundays are visitation days when families can come visit their children. It's really sweet to see brothers and sisters who are typically in different rooms come together and interact with moms, dads, and grandparents. Some of these family members travel a ways to get to San Juan. Cynthia, a gew interns, and the interpreters took family photos that turned out great! Im looking forward to the families recieving those little gems! Sidenote: Candace frommlast week's team was a photographer and i helped her getbphotos of all the siblings at the center. What a neat project! The families had a nice surprise today because of the generosity of our last team who put together bags full of food staples like oil, rice, beans, coffee, raisins, and spaghetti and a track en espanol. As they left, each family received their bag. Here's another bonus to the story: some of the ladies that our team from 2 weeks ago meet at the local lavaderia (place where they do laundry) came to the center to check it out for themselves. Odilia gave them a tour of the place and each one of those families received a loaded bag of goodies too! And...we had exactly enough bags for each family. God took care of our needs. So happy to know that those families will have healthy meals tonight. The families stay til noon, then it's time for the kiddos to eat lunch. After lunch, Cynthia came out with a supply of Jif on-the-go packs of peanut butter. So what did we do? Handed them to the Ducks and Squirrels for a delicious and nutritious dessert. I was glad to model just how to eat peanut butter with your finger- a nice swoop to get a quarter-sized dollup. They picked it up pretty quickly although some Squirrels found spoons to really get a good mouthfull. By then it was time for us to hit the road. We gave out our hugs and hollered "Hasta Lunes" to let everyone know we'd be back on Monday. I have to admit, I miss our song time in the Patos room right now. At any rate, we made it tonAntigua, ate lunch at a great pizza place, read my book by a fpuntain(it was a gorgeous day!), and topped off our evening with gelato for dinner. I had hazelnut if you were wondering. Tomorrow we are sleeping in! I think a trip to the market is on the agenda too. Praying for our next team! Keep praying for Abelino and Mayra- they have a stomach thing, but...they are smiling more and more each day! Abelino is becoming quite the jokester and Mayra is a typical older sister keeping him in line. So glad they got to spend time with mom today.