Elijah's Big News

Well - this week we had a milestone for Elijah. He lost his first tooth! It was loose for about a week, but he continued to baby it. We never pressured him to pull it, but it was increasingly becoming harder and harder for him to eat. On Wednesday morning, as he was brushing his teeth before school, he decided it was the time. All the sudden, he ran to me in the kitchen, and said "mom! my tooth!". Sure enough, he had the little baby tooth in his hand. He was so excited - I was excited for him. We made a little envelope for it and put it under his pillow that night. El "Ratón Peréz" visited him (the spanish version of the Tooth Fairy - I told him they were friends, and they would both come) and left him 100 colones (about 20 cents). He told me that the tooth fairy wasn't real - I told him he was right, but he didn't believe that I was the tooth fairy. I've still yet to figure out who he thinks left the money under his pillow...


Since I'm on the blog, I can update you on our residency. We had our appointment last Tuesday, and everything went really well. A few setbacks happened the morning of the appointment, but it all resolved itself. We will have our cedula and temporary residency card on May 8. Once we have the card, we have to fill out a petition to take the kids out of the country with us - it really important that we have this done before General Assembly, or they won't let the kids leave the country. We've been told it's not a hard process - we are praying that's the truth.

Scott is in Mexico right now - Campeche to be exact. He called us today and said that it is REALLY hot there. In fact, one of the girls that is there to help with the event had to buy new shoes, because her's melted, because the pavement is so hot! He heads to Mexico City tomorrow afternoon, and to Guadalajara, Mexico on the 23. He heads home next Sunday (the 26th). Thanks for your continued prayers on his behalf, and for our family as we are apart.

Here is a cute picture of the kids - a friend in Mexico sent them typical clothes from their area of Mexico - a couple weeks ago, we had all the District Superintendents in for a retreat, and one of the evening services was "typical night"- most of the ladies were dressed up in their typical clothes, and it was the perfect time for the kids to show off their style too. :)

These are just cute pictures.