HOME SWEET HOME

I'm home! Thank you all so much for praying for me. I could not have gotten through the summer without it.
Please continue to pray for the move. Their is a lot that we have to do in the next week :)

Our first Sunday
GANO BABY!!!

After dark games!!!

Big Move

I'm sorry that this announcement is not personal, but I do not have enough time to call you all.
Titus and I have decided that it is best if we live together. He just made it to Fort Bragg, North Carolina this past weekend. We have a townhome on post. Unfortunately, this means that I have to take a semester off from school.
Please pray for us. Thank you!

Teen/Pre-Teen lock-in

Me with some of our pre-teens playing Ziggity.

Yesterday, Friday, we had the teen/pre-teen lock in. In the past, BMC and the kids went to First Baptist of Houston to worship, eat food, hang out and play games. The church is really big! It has two full size basketball courts, three racket ball rooms, an indoor track, a bowling alley, air hockey, foosball, and pool. The lock in is usually over night; but we had four people scheduled to leave today so the event was from 4pm-11pm. This summer we were not able to get First Baptist for the whole time so all the teens & pre-teens from Gano, Fletcher and Joy met in the Gano gym for icebreakers, pizza & worship. After that we carpooled to the church, it took about three trips, and hung out until 10. Then the kids were carpooled to their centers where their parents picked them up. That day one of the Fletcher teens got saved. Jonathan prayed for her and it was amazing!

NOSE and APPENDIX

Guess what! I got my nose fractured! Isn't that cool? I was playing basketball with the teens and one of the other Critters, Kieth, hit my nose with his GIGANTIC head. No, I am just playing. He has a normal sized head, but it hurt! There was blood everywhere. My nose was swollen and ugly! I went to the doctor on Tuesday and got an X-ray of my nose. The next afternoon they called me and told me that it was fractured! Thursday morning I went to a cosmetic surgeon and he told me that I do not need surgery and that the swelling will go down. And it has! The pain has also lessoned. My mouth felt like my gums were swollen too, and my head was hurting a lot. I have been really tired this past week, but today I feel much better! I have a lot of energy and a little pain.
Thursday night Daniel, one of the Puerto Ricans was sick. He went to the hospital on Friday and found out that he had appendicitis. Friday night they took out his appendix. All three of the Puerto Ricans were supposed to leave today but of course, Daniel did not leave yet. Chris is staying with him in the hospital. Jonathan is on his way to Puerto Rico. Please pray for him because he does not like to fly and he is by himself.

Saying good-bye to Jonathan at the airport.
Lyndsey left this morning. She is safely back home!
This is a picture of the Gano girls!

Also, please pray for healing for Daniel and myself.

At the hospital with Daniel.
(from left to right)
Momma Glenda, Christa, Chris, Me, Joe, Morgan, Josh,
Ashley, Noemi, Haley, Kiely, Kieth, Viviana and Kristen
and Daniel is in the bed :)

Hillsong Concert

This past Sunday we went to a Nigerian church in the morning. I gave my testimony and had a lot of fun! This church clapped and moved when we sang, so I felt at home. We also celebrated Chris' birthday at the church.

That evening we went to a concert.
For those of you who know who Hillsong is, I went to a free HILLSONG concert!
For those of you who do not know who Hillsong is, I went to a FREE Hillsong concert!
The concert was at Lakewood Church, Joel Osteen's church.
I had never heard of Hillsong before this summer. I fell asleep listening to their music every night last week so that I could enjoy the concert. The concert was pretty good, but I barely knew the songs. I was happy that they had the words on the screen, although they always appeared after the part had already been sung. The Critters had a great time!

At the church.
Can you believe that this is a church?!?

Religion Day

This past Saturday we went around Texas exploring different religions and what they believe. It was an eye opening experience. Some people actually believe in waking their Gods up, changing their clothes, feeding them, and putting them to sleep. If you have never visited houses of worship of other religions, I would encourage you to do so. It is completely different from reading about them. The visitation makes you appreciate what Jesus did for us at a higher level!

Director's Night

Every summer each of the centers (Gano, Fletcher & Joy) spend an evening together away from the work environment to go do something fun. There is a spending limit; this summer it was $15. Basically, the group has two options. Eat at a nice restaurant and do something really cheap or eat fast food and do something expensive, like going to play laser tag or to the movies. However, if you go to a restaurant you have to remember that the drink and tip is included in the $15.
The Fletcher and Joy teams were told what they were going to do. Fletcher went to a honeybee concert outdoors and to Chilis. Joy played putt-putt. The Gano crew decided as a group what we wanted to do. It was kind of a long process, but we finally decided on eating at Red Robin and going to James' house (the Gano director) to swim and play games. We had a lot of fun!

The Gano group (from top left --> bottom right)
Joy*, Clayton, James, Lyndsey, me, Noemi, Keith, Chris and Haley)
Ms. Dora the Assistant Director was also there.

*Joy is James' wife; and Clayton is their son. Clayton is 6 months old and Joy is 10 weeks into another pregnancy! They would like to have 5 kids by the time she's 35, and adopt 2 to have 7 kids altogether.


Chris just turned 22 on the 15th. We celebrated his birthday at Red Robin. Noemi and Kieth smashed his face into his ice cream, birthday dessert. It was funny!