New Arrival!!!

Last Thursday we welcomed the newest addition to CDA House III. J is 2 ½ years old and comes to us after living her entire life on the streets. She was found walking alone at 1:30 a.m. in one of the most dangerous parts of the city when the police picked her up. As you can imagine, J’s story is filled with heartbreaking details. We praise God that He removed her from such horrible conditions and brought her to us.

Please pray for J as she adjusts to life with us. Things that many of us take for granted (eating at a table, sleeping in a bed, bathing), she is experiencing for the first time. She also misses her mom terribly and cries for her a lot. Pray that God will give J peace in this time of transition and that He would give us wisdom and guidance.

Happy Birthday!!!

Turns out the twins weren't 10 months old when we picked them up from the hospital--they were turning 1 on February 28th! With our special guests in town last week, we decided to throw them a birthday party on Friday. Most of the kids from house 2 came to help celebrate along with 2 kids from house 1.


















Bring on the party!!!

















Anxiously awaiting cake!!!

















Yummy!!!


















Kat loved the cake...Ali, not so much!!
















Jon providing a little entertainment to the kids


















Kent crashing cars with the kids...

















Bring on the gifts!!! The girls had lots of gifts thanks to Christina, Jenn and Kim from Texas!!!

















Que Bonita!

Twins!!!

Today we picked up 10 month old twin girls from the hospital. We are so excited about the two new additions to our home. We don't know much about them, except they were removed from their parents for neglect and have been living in the hospital for the past 2 months. K was born with cleft lip and pallet. She has had one surgery already to repair the lip and will have another in about a month. Both girls are full of energy and love to smile...




















Welcome Home!!! Tia Pauline made a great welcome home banner...


















We got to visit them in the hospital yesterday



















Tammy and M



















T.J. and K

















Dressed in matching yellow dresses to leave the hospital.

Madison's first day of Preschool

Today, Madison attended her first day of preschool--ever...She was so excited to be going. She knew she had graduated to a new stage in life and was proud of her "big girl" status...








O.K., I'm ready!!!














We're here!!!















and I'm super excited...





























She had a great first day of school and wants to go back tomorrow--success!

To celebrate her first day of school we went to lunch at her favorite fried chicken place and had a few gifts waiting for her when she got home.

New Cribs!!!

We are so thankful for our two new cribs and mattresses donated by the
Van Bale family from Holland. The Van Bales are in Bolivia adopting their second child from Casa de Amor. Please pray for their family as they are preparing to leave with their new daughter.

New Years Eve 2010

For New Years Eve, we went swimming with the kids from house 2. We went up to the top of a mountain where the water from a natural hot springs is put into 2 swimming pools. The journey up the mountain was quite interesting. Besides the washed out roads and driving about 5 inches from the ledge, it was perfect.

The Newest Member of Our Family

Right before Christmas, we welcomed the newest addition to our family--Domino the cat. (You thought it was going to be a kid, didn't you?) Madison loves her cat!!!