Title: I can't think of one!

I guess I've been in a little of a funk lately. Katie, who fostered in Antigua before described it as like in the movie Groundhog Day were everyday was the same. I've gotten to that point. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to have this opportunity and trying to be open to how I can serve while down here. I'm just missing home, family, and friends. Thank you Lord, though, for the friends I have here and for Emily and I being able to live together! That part has been great (the girl speaks amazing Spanish, too--not that we would use her for that :).

And Erick is wonderful. I love pulling him out of his packnplay in the mornings and plopping him on the bed to squirm around and play. He's very curious and loves to touch my face and feel my closed eyes. Not always such a good thing, though, as that translates into wanting to poke all the other kids in the eyes! He is very loving, too, and comes at the other babies with hugs of good intention, but barrels into them, knocking them over. He's turning into the kid who comes into the room and all the moms get on guard.

The two pics are of our trip to the macacamia nut farm. The tour guide is showing us a sheller that drops the nuts down, the wheel turns and crushes the soft outer shell and spits out the nut back into a pile to let the hard inner shell dry and later be cracked. Such a simple piece of equipment and they are teaching farmers to make these even out of bicycle tires. There's your nut tip for the day. We are trying to plan weekly outings like this to help stay sane! :0)