A Sad Day at the Footes House....

Our sweet Hershey got sick this week-end. Our Vet here in Santiago did all he could but Hershey passed away last night. She was a sweet spirited little dog who only lived one year. She will be greatly missed, especially by my kiddos.

Snaggletooth!!

Chloe Ann lost her sixth front tooth this week-end, she looks so cute. Danny was testing her to see if she could still whistle and she can...I don't know how!!

Naomi is determined to find "her" loose tooth, I hope she does not wriggle one loose at 3!!!

AECM Translators

Guatemala Team

January of 2008 we were asked to help out with the AECM (Academia, Educativa, Cultural, Maya) This is a new organization that was started by Mayans who see the need to translate the Bible into their mother tongue. They all have the New Testament and are yearning for the "whole" Book!! The team consists of 10 Language groups here in Guatemala who have the desire to complete the translation of the Bible. In January 08' the team came together from all over Guatemala to have workshops & Bible teaching. We met in San Miguel Chicaj, this is when Danny started teaching through Genesis. The end of October 08' we were able to have the AECM group at our house for the week-end. We had 27 people total and it was a fabulous time for all. Danny & I count it a privilege to be a part of this team. We have learned so much from them. As I sit through the meetings with these awesome men and women I can't help but think how easy we have it....We have had the Bible in English for so long. I just take it for granted that I can pick up my Bible and read it. I can't imagine NOT having the whole Bible in My heart language. Seeing the excitement, the desire and need for them to have the Translation makes me yearn for them to have it SOON. God has really put it on our hearts to help as much as we can. Each group wants to translate the Old Testament in their own language. Please pray God would give us wisdom and strength as we seek to help with this project.

Danny has had the awesome opportunity to begin teaching through Genesis. Then each translator will go back to their own town and work through the translation in their own language.

Thank you for being patient with me. I needed a short sabbatical from blogging. Thats what I am going to call it anyway!! I am ready to get back into it now, but the problem is where do I start? So much has been going on....I'll give it a shot.

lets cook...

When I go shopping in the market my choices are usually what is in season. The usuals are potatoes, carrots, beans, cabbage, and a few others. I have a pretty good selection but today I was able to get nice eggplant, fresh green beans and corn on the cob!!!

All the kids pitched in to help cook. It was a fun time together and it made dinner preparation a lot faster.

I didn't even notice the sky until I was downloading the pictures but it was a gorgeous sunset!!

Chloe Ann was washing the green beans,

Isaac & Naomi were cutting the ends off the beans. Titus asked if he could cook the egg plant. I was too busy supervising to take a picture of the process but he fixed fried eggplant that was delicious.

I was very proud of Titus, he fixed the eggs, mixed the batter, dipped it all and cooked it to perfection. Not bad for 11 yrs old.

Danny went to Market with me and helped carry all the bags home.

Everyone helped today!!

Fun Family pictures...

The other day I grabbed the camera and headed to the garden and this is what I got....

Christ Chapel Bible Church, High School team

Our last team of the season was Christ Chapel Bible Church from Texas. They brought down a team of 64 it was a high school team and they had plenty of energy and were able to get a lot done. They were able to help at the Alfa & Omega church Camp, just outside of town. It was incredible to see how they swooped in and did so much work in so little time. We worked with them when they were pulling up coffee and trimming the branches. We had a delicious lunch with the team at the hotel. It was hamburgers & hot dogs yummy!! After lunch they asked us to share our ministry with them and what the Lord has in store for us here in Santiago and Guatemala for that matter. So as we all gathered around under a tree (not all of us fit under the tree) Danny shared about how the Lord led us here to Guatemala and what we will be doing here. Then I shared about our everyday life in Santiago, school, shopping, language, our kids, the culture ect..

One day we invited the team to come over for some lemonade after working at the camp. We all squeezed in, I have never had that many people around my table... It was awesome. Since we had spoken a few days earlier the kids had some more questions. We had a very detailed question and answer time. It was neat for Danny and I to see the questions they had, Maybe one day the Lord will lead some of these very students to the missions field...We enjoyed the time we spent with this team, the youth and the leaders were a true joy to be around. We look forward to the next time they can come.