After wolfing down some of Roland's wonderful pizza, we thought we were headed over to the orphanage in Chi Chi. It was pouring down rain, a flat tire had been fixed in the downpour and all of the luggage on top of the van covered with a tarp. We get about fifteen minutes down the road and traffic is at a standstill. Up to this point what is always an event whenever Paul gets behind the wheel, our ride has been quite memorable. Due to all of the rain, we came upon mudslides, waterfalls, and falling rocks. Paul is quite adept at manuevering around just about anything but this time he had met his water loo. (no pun intended) A bad wreck was up ahead and that combined with all of the rain forced us to head back to the Eagle's Nest Orphanage for the night. The girls were ecstatic and looking forward to a "quick baby fix" in the morning. All of us ended up staying in what is called the cabana. Plenty of bunk beds with firm mattresses which Laura loves and clean facilities. There was one resort quality apartment with a king size bed available and Robert and Laura and Emily were going to take it but it leaked like a sieve. So, it seemed like poetic justice that we all stay together, " roughing it" in the cabana.

It is now morning and after a fairly good night's sleep, the girls are rocking and feeding and holding babies, Linda is reading to some of the little ones in Spanish and we will be headed to Chi Chi in about a half an hour. That is of course, God has other plans. For a self-confessed control freak like me (Laura) this trip has been full of opportunities to put our agendas aside and just go with the flow.

Paul said in Phillipians 4:11 that he would be content in whatever situation he found himself in. The key to being able to do that is in verse 13, that we can do all things through Christ which strengthens us. The use of the word which in the King James Version instead of who is interesting. The very knowledge that we can do all things through Christ should give us strength. We are hanging on to that knowledge!

Love, The Coles