Thank you for your prayers!

We enjoyed a fabulous (oh my goodness....insanely fabulous) lunch at a friend's house.  On the menu:

Conch soup with Yucca (better conch than I've had in any restaurant!)

Honey Chicken

YUMMY shrimp (a mixture of shrimp, corn, and other deliciousness)

Salad

Fresh bread from Teguc

fresh Tajaditas (fried plantanos much like a french fry)

rice, etc

Did I mention it was all insanely FABULOUS??!!! MaryKyle and John Mark LOVED it and MK told me I needed to be sure to PLEASE get the recipes!!  The kids had a ball playing with her grandchildren and MaryKyle will be heading back Friday night for a sleepover with Juanita's granddaughter Valerie!  She and Valerie are SO excited!  

After lunch, we headed to the hospital for visiting hour.  We met Candido and Gerson on the porch of the hospital and sat and waited and were shocked to see Wendy actually bring Erick outside for visits.   he had his IV port and his leg was 'wrapped' (tape barely hanging on) he wanted to run around (remember this kid has some insane energy on a normal day) but his parents sat him down and tried to get him to stay put. We took a ballon for he and Gerson (the only kind they have available in Trujillo that are inflated are the small mylar ones on a stick....winnie the pooh Valentine ones - ha ha....they loved them and didn't care) and the kids all 4 enjoyed a game of bopping each other on the head...until...Erick jumped off the ledge we were sitting on down into the fenced in visiting area.  He collapsed down to the ground, but just smiled and giggled, pretty proud of himself.  he's always been a bit of a daredevil...oh how I hope that foot heals properly!

The swelling was down and the sores looked SOOO much better!!  We were amazed at how much better it looked. Still icky, but SO much better!  They still don't know how much longer he will be in the hospital. 

Thank you for your prayers.

After the tumble we decided we needed to get out of there so he didn't feel the need to take any more leaps.  And we headed to El Centro for some liquados - I tried banana and carrot.  no one else in my family liked it but me.  It was a bit different, but with my dietary restrictions with my Crohn's I enjoyed the treat of tasting carrot and the banana added a touch of sweet!  The owner had told me it was his favorite so I'm not too crazy....surely?!!  

Then some grocery shopping, adding minutes to our cell phones and a call to our favorite taxi driver (thankfully we now have his number programmed into our cells...no more getting cheated...hooray!) and back up to our humble abode we headed.  In time to put some food in the kiddos mouths and straighten things up for a meeting Thad had tonight.  

A full blessed day!!  Thank you for continuing to pray for little Erick, his family and the doctor treating him!!

And thank you for reading our ramblings!