~Pics from our visit to our church in Cartagena...Part 1~

A pic off the internet of Cartagena, Colombia

I'm sorry that I couldn't post my pics from our time in Cartagena earlier. We got back from visiting the Cartagena church LATE June 27th, then there were lots of sandy clothes to sort and wash, dry clothes to unpack, then there was 4th of July, the church's anniversary service/dinner, the Smiths arrived, Kimberly's quinceañera, etc.
So, finally...here are some pics of our nice days visiting our church and people in the beautiful Costal city of Cartagena.
~Here's Mary talking on the "phone" in the airplane.~

~And Elijah talking to "Uncle Daryl" in the plane.~

~ Remember me telling you the miracle that God did in getting us airplane tickets for so CHEAP? Well, we got our airplane tickets from Medellin to Cartagena ...right in the middle of vacation time for Colombians and tourist time for the rest of the world...for only $22.00 each!  MUCH cheaper than if we would have gone by bus...and only 45 mins. instead of the 14 hour bus ride!
Isn't God AMAZING?!!
Phillip, Mary, and Elijah when we arrived in Cartagena on Saturday night, June 23rd.~

~The kids and I outside of the airplane in Cartagena.~

~Waiting for our luggage to arrive.~

~Mary "helping find our luggage."  =) ~

~Sunday morning in our Cartagena church Mary was about to fall apart...she was so TIRED.  Bro. Rigoberto and Sis. Ilce had asked us to lead the singing.  Sarah and I were up front singing, Kimberly was playing her violin, and Phillip was leading singing from the pulpit.  So, he took Mary up front with him to lead singing. =) ~

~Us singing/playing up front.~

~The People worshiping Jesus!~

~Kimberly playing for offertory.  Sarah was holding her mic for her.  The girl in the pink was adjusting the mic.~

~The girls and I singing a special.~

~Bro. Rigoberto leading us in a time of prayer.~

~After Phillip got done leading singing he put Exhausted little Mary in her stroller in the back of the church and pushed her around.  She finally laid down on her little tummy, tucked her little legs underneath her, and fell sound asleep!~

~Then the Lord helped Phillip to preach that morning.~

~Jerson and Sandra and their 2 boys.~

~Some kids visiting with our kids after service.~

~Dear Sis. Nancy and I.~

~Bro. Rigoberto, Sis. Ilce, their 3 daughters, and our family.~

~Bro. Rigoberto and his family...minus one son.~

~Bro. Rigo's son, Sis. Ilce's Dad, Bro. Rigoberto, and Phillip.~

~Sis. Ilce is a great cook and made us some delicious meals.  (Of course at each place we stayed...we gave money to help pay for groceries, utility bills, etc.)  Here's a pic of our Sunday dinner.  Yum! Yum!~

~Us eating our yummy meal. ~

~Our girls and their girls playing a fun hand clapping game.~

~On Monday while Bro. Rigoberto was at work, we took Sis. Ilce and her daughters and our kids to the ocean.  We all CRAMMED into this little taxi.  There were 12 of us including the driver!~

~We were WALL-TO-WALL people in that taxi.~

~There was a restaurant near by to where we let the kids swim in the ocean (fully dressed) and so we kept our things inside the restaurant and Sis. Ilce watched everyone's things.
2 of Sis. Ilce's girls enjoying this fun hammock inside the restaurant.~

~We bought this little duck floaty for Mary...and she was NOT impressed, and wept until we took her out.  So, the other kids enjoyed the floaty.~

~Elijah and Mary playing in the sand. (They both loved the water and sand.)~

~Mary enjoying herself.~

~Our yummy lunch inside the restaurant.~

~All of us at lunch time.~

~A yummy Colombian treat.  Toasted caramelized coconut.  Yum! Yum!  Part 2 and 3 coming up.~