Boohers In Bolivia

[...] ;The boys enjoying their birthday dinner of Hamburgers Deluxe! Birthday Boys E. and S! We got Uncle Ben only one gift, but he seemed to like it a lot. Baby F. "helped" him open it up! Uncle [...]

[...] boys spent every spare minute building the boat. We all were super proud of how it turned out! Uncle Ben and Myles, "Starting to Assemble the Boat" They had to use some VERY stinky stuff and [...]

[...] adventures with Uncle Ben and Ericka... [...]

[...] as well. Myles and Javier b.b. queuing over the inside fire! Of course, the boat the boys and Uncle Ben built got lots of use. It was fun to see Tia's family enjoying the lake! It also got nice and [...]

[...] the camera Ruth and Paula were looking at them!! Pa and Ma with baby E. Rudi with A. We also had Tia Techy and Javier and family over for a barbecue. The company was great and the food was amazing, as [...]

[...] , no matter how you slice it... Emily with her best Bolivian friend! Me with my very good friend, Tia Techy!! Most of us didn't get the memo that the picture below was supposed to be goofy. It was the [...]

[...] for many of us! Tia Techy serving up the pause that refreshes!   Time for drinks! Back to Work  In all we [...]

[...] our seldomly used bicycles! Javier fixing up the bicycles with a little help from the boys! Tia Techy and Gladys relaxing after their long bicycle ride to our house. The picture below is of them on [...]

[...] On Saturday we headed into Cochabamba to go to the Bible book store, lunch at Globos, and then Horita Feliz. We met up with Mario and Helen very good friends of ours and the Mattixes, from the Km. 0 [...]

[...] favorite CDA Tias!! Les Amamos, Tia Sarin y Tia Rosi In July I was able to share twice at the Horita Feliz ministry next door to our house. I was so privileged that Gladys trusted my poor Spanish [...]

[...] down from Kansas to help Richard and Gladys Scoggins with building a play structure for the Horita Feliz and also giving out clothes, food and sharing the gospel in the neighborhood. What we did not [...]

[...] the chapel next door to our house for our schoolhouse. The Scoggins use the chapel for Horita Feliz every Saturday afternoon and special occasions, so that leaves weekdays free for us to [...]

[...] day since Saturday and took him to church with us on Sunday. Eddie is doing fantastic at the baby home, as we thought he would. His happy go lucky personality keeps him steady even during changes! [...]

[...] was time to scale back on the amount of children we care for. It is also better for the baby home to "absorb" the children we have a little at a time, as they have openings. We [...]

[...] heart surgery to repair holes in his heart, that he was born with. When Daniel arrived at the baby home he had been abandoned by his mother and his grandmother who was caring for him could not care [...]

[...] Baby Moses Pharoah's Daughter finding the baby in the river. "I think I will take this baby home and call him Moses" Presenting "Moses" to his adopted Grandfather, Pharoah! Our [...]

[...] evening at House 2! Casa de Amor was having their annual family night party. Hannah made Tia Sarin and myself a cake that we shared the face planting into... more about that later!! Tia [...]

[...] and brought some of the children from House One, Two, and Three! Tias listening to the speeches Tia Sarin shared from her perspective of working in the Hogar for almost the whole ten years. She is one [...]

[...] into the wheel barrow! Tia Anita y Tia Benita "Spreading the Gold for the Garden" Tia Sarin "Goofing Off"  First we planted onions...lots and lots of onions...maybe a [...]

[...] . They are great boys to hang out with. We also enjoyed staying up late visiting with Tia Sarin. Myles entertaining the troops with a book! Like I said before saying goodbye to the [...]

[...] Social worker extroidinare! Gracias, Tias! Les queremos, MUCHO! CDA's only male worker is Tio David. He is great at what he does. He manages the finances, workers, and is the general [...]

[...] not short on workers, so we got lots planted in a short time....now to see if it grows! First Tio David put in lots of pipes to get water from the house to the garden. Tio David and Clancy working on [...]

[...] once!! Tia Sarin and Me My face after face planting! Tia Sarin did not want to bite the cake. Tio David ended up cramming it in her face anyway!! It was pretty funny to watch! I don't think she was [...]

[...] see from the picture below why Myles is his favorite!! Quite a few more people spoke and then Tio David presented Jennifer with a plaque commemorating the 10 year anniversary of Hogares de Amor para [...]

[...] have done while they have been here! Two of our most favoritist volunteers, Hannah and Lindsey! Tia Rosa is the one who works on all the paperwork to make adoptions happen. She has become a very good [...]

[...] at 9 so we once again had to get up and going early! We arrived fashionably Bolivian late... And Tia Rosa was speaking about the Hogar when we arrived. She gave some really neat facts about the Hogar [...]

[...] was so difficult to understand it would have been better if we had taken the Spanish tour! The Rudi Boohers in front of the Mint Museum. (I think Ruth needs some classes on how to pose for the camera) [...]

[...] the falls. We could have explored all day! Paula and Emily Huck Finn of South America! The Rudi Boohers in a tropical paradise! Mark and Carol our adventurous hosts! Rudi and Paula at the entrance [...]

[...] cleaned up for one of the delicious dinners that Carol fixed for us while we were there! The Rudi Boohers in a hikers paradise!! I will stop here for now and publish part three later.... [...]

[...] 5mo old and Paula 3 years! Clara w/ A. S. with his big buddies S. and A. "Hermanitos" Tio Rudi with Leo, S. and A. Bike riding Bolivian Style! S. with Paula and Eddie Best Pals, Eddie and S. [...]

[...] neighborhood behind us! I had to get a picture of all that manure in the car... Tio David and Tio Rudi "Manure Maestros" Bags and Bags of Manure!  Volunteer Victoria (that has a ring [...]