This is the great part about being Mommy Patti to 34 kids. Nicole always has a smile on her face.
Thank you all for your prayers for Edison and I. He seems to be doing great at School. We called yesterday and he was off on a walk with the young lady we hired to help with him after school. I will have a conference with his teacher tomorrow when I go to pick him up so we will know what he is learning and how we can reinforce this learning on weekends.
God bless you all.
In His grasp
Patti Sue

I love it when groups come as they take a lot of photos. I never seem to have a camera in my hand at the right times. I wonder why? I pray you enjoy the photos of the kids and if you think of it say a little prayer for each one.
God bless you all.
In His graspPatti Sue

For those of you who love Rosa as much as we all do. I hope you enjoy this short clip. Along with Rosa is Adrian and behind Adrian is David.(When I was reviewing this blog and fixing the video I notice the photo of David and I on the blog. I hardly can believe it is the same child) Enjoy!!!

Happy Birthday Dolly

Dolly had here 5th Birthday yesterday, 18 September 2007. Dolly was the first child God brought to me after we moved to Shell and I have always considered her to be an affirmation that the move to Shell was His plan. In retrospect it is easy to see that we were in God's will but at the time a very difficult decision moving away from every thing and everyone we knew in Quito. What an awesome God we serve.

Dolly has touched many lives over the last 4 years. She has an angelic face and is the child Jesus was talking about when He said "Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” Mark 9:36-37

God bless you all for being a part over the years in welcoming God into Casa de Fe. May we as the Body continue to welcome Him.
In His Grasp
Patti Sue

The school kids had a parade on Friday. The Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders dressed as clowns and the pre-kinder boys dressed as princes. They were very cute and very tired after the parade.

My dear Prayer Warriors,
Sorry it has been so long without an update. I had a great time in the US and could feel you all lifting me up even without the updates.

Joey is doing great and I had a nice weekend with him. My mother and I drove up to Minnesota to spend the weekend with Joey. Joey and I sang together at his church and that was fun.

My parents are doing good for their ages. Mom has lost a lot of her eye sight and that is frustrating for her. My dad has emphysema and doesn't breath very well but they are both in their mid 80s.

I got to spend 2 days at CornerStone and that was very relaxing. I could have just sat in the prayer room the entire time. They, as always made me feel very welcome and I had the privilege of having them pray for me first hand.

My trip back was uneventful and all my luggage arrived with no problems. Desi and Fred met me at the Airport and brought me to their home in Quito for the night before leaving the next morning for Shell.

Back at home our family continues to grow. Adrian and Juan arrived on Sunday the 23rd of September twins born to a 17 year old mother. The father is married to another women and will not help with the boys. They are 7 months old and adjusting well.

A little later on the same day came Nampichkai Karina (we are calling her Karina) she is from the same village that Marlin was from. She is one year old and has some developmental delays. She had pneumonia when she arrived and was taken strait away to the hospital for her first 3 days at Casa de Fe, we brought her home on Friday and she is doing great.

Friday arrived the brothers Ivan 4 and Alejandro 2. More about them in another update. As you can see they are really cute (yes I think they are all cute).

I think that puts us at 34.

I will be back on schedule tomorrow. We will go to the Market at 7am and then I will take as many of the kids as I can pile in my car to church and then out to dinner.
God bless you all and thanks for your continued prayers.
In His grasp
Patti Sue

Pedro singing about the chickens

This is Pedro. As you can see he is happy and loves to sing. He is doing great.