Something happened to the water pump at our house Saturday night that stopped the water flow to our house and the school. Which means... no water for food or bathrooms. Hooray! You can probably only imagine what it was like! We connected several hoses together from the main water supply tap and ran them through the school and into the kitchen so we could have breakfast and lunch. Jake also filled up a trash can full of water and we had buckets so that we could refill the toilet tanks when someone flushed. Good times!
We had a guy come out and work on the pump this afternoon and was able to fix it. Now Jake can actually take a shower!
It was a dreary day today. They say it is the start of the rainy season. Oh joy.
Now that you know what to do when you don't have water... here is what has been going on this week.
Kaden Reeger had a birthday this last week. We got to celebrate in class with sandwiches, chips and of course...cake and ice cream!
Cristian, Kaden, Eric and Nicolas eat and chat during lunch.
We then celebrated at the Reeger's with the Casa 2 girls and homemade pizza and cheesecake!
We mentioned in our last blog post that one of our volunteer teachers, Jill, had to go to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. Surgery went great and she is back at home recouperating. Jill is up, moving around and well on her way to a speedy recovery! We are so thankful that God was with her and the doctors working on her. We miss you Jill and hope to see your smiling face back at school soon!
While Jill was in the hospital, one of our teachers, Cathy Jones de Frances, went down to Quito to visit her for a couple days. This gave me the opportunity to babysit her ever so adorable kid, Raquel. Raquel is a wonderful 2 year old. So much so that after 24 hours with her, Jake's response was "this baby thing isn't so difficult". Moms...this is were you leave some nice comments for Jake.
A kid after my own heart.... she loves to draw!
In the last blog post we also mention that Jake may have bruised ribs from a basketball game he played in. Turns out he actually broke a couple of his ribs. We took him to the doctor's office in Cayambe to get an X-ray and some pain medicine. He has been having a lot of difficulty moving around. Plus, it really hurts him to lie in bed so he has been very tired lately. So please say a prayer for Jake and a quick recovery of his ribs!
The doctor told Jake he could help heal his ribs faster by blowing bubbles in a cup.
To leave ya'll on a nice note. The farm land next door recently had some baby calves. They are super cute but also super vocal! Here are two of them right outside our bedroom window. We like to talk to them occasionally. I also will feed them some of the long green grass growing in our front yard!
Thanks for your continued support and love.
We miss you guys!
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