Hola everyone,
Hope that everyone is having a great week so far. Things have been going well here. The Board of Directors for the orphanage is meeting this week, so some of the Board members have started to arrive. Some of them like to come a few days early to spend time with the kids and kind of check things out. They all seem to be really nice.
Last Friday we took the all the kids who had a birthday in February to Pizza Hut. They had such a fun time playing and eating tons and tons of pizza. The Pizza Hut was located in a mall in the city and the little kids were amazed by the escalators in the mall. They were so funny! They would have just been happy if we would have let them ride the escalators all day! It was definitely a good birthday for them.
Bobby and I miss you all greatly. We can't wait to come home and visit. Last Sunday at church there was a missionary there from Africa. He was telling some of the stories of things they have had to deal with, like deadly Malaria, tribal rituals, and cannabalism! It sure put me in my place. I feel very lucky that God put me here! Well, got to go for now. I have some girls who are waiting on me to come to their rooms to say goodnight! Oh, if you all want to check out the birthday pictures and photos from last Friday, then visit www.bobandbrit.phanfare.com and click on February birthday party to see all the great photos!
Miss you all bunches,
Britney

Hola everyone!

Well, life here has been bittersweet. The past two days have been really great, but also sad because Robin, the other missionary serving here left to go home early yesterday morning. I miss her like crazy because she was the sweetest person and was a great friend. Robin had never been baptized, so on Sunday we had a baptismal celebration for her and she was baptized. Yeah! I haven't figured out yet how to stream video onto this blog, so you all will have to go to www.bobandbrit.phanfare.com and click on Robin's baptism to see the video. Miss you all very much!

Con Mucho Amor,

Britney

Hola everyone,

Hope that everyone is doing well in the great state of OHIO! Today was a challenging spanish day. Both Bobby and I are tired of the long spanish classes, and we are both very confused right now. We know, however, that this is something that many missionaries go through. We know that learning a foreign language is very challenging, and this is just one of the many challenges that we will go through while we are here. Today was one of the girl's birthdays, so we had a little birthday party for her and the other girls in her room. I put a photo on this site of the birthday girl. Miss you all bunches!

Lots of love,

Britney

Hola everyone,

Well, today was another great day here in sunny El Salvador! Today was our free day and we really had a good day. We went up to the top of one of the mountains and ate lunch at a great little restaurant. We had lunch with The Benner's, who are the directors of the orphanage, and their daughter, Terri, who lives here in El Salvador and works with the ministry. We also had lunch with a couple named Suzi and Buzz (I forget their last names). Anyhoo, they are missionaries to Mexico. Suzi grew up here in El Salvador as her parents were missionaries here when she was a child. Her and her husband live in southern California, and she works for Saddleback church. They run a ministry in northern Mexico, which is 2 1/2 hours away from their home where they work with street children and local churches. They were a very nice and interesting couple to talk to. They came to the home this evening and led a devotion for all the kids, and they really did a great job. You can tell that God has really blessed them with the ability to reach out to children. I am putting a few pictures on the website today, one of all of us at lunch, one of the view from the restaurant we ate at today (it was beautiful), and one of me and Robin today. Also, if you all remember, I wrote about a team that came here a few weeks ago from Colorado, well they have put together a WONDERFUL video of their trip here. I strongly encourage you all to visit their website at www.agapelife.org and check it out. If you go to their website and click on "ministries" then click on "womens ministry" then you will be able to see the video. I believe that they really captured their trip here very well. Well, hope you all had a great day. Miss you all bunches!

Lots of love,

Britney