August was our first month in our new house. It has been very rewarding for the kids. We are safe in our neighborhood which has no walls around the individual homes but around the whole neighborhood instead. We have a slew of kids come through the house each day as several of our neighbors have kids the same age (particularly next door with Camden and Cambria). Because of the kids’ interaction, the adults come by much more often as well. It is nice to have neighbors out from behind walls that you can walk up to and talk to.
Eli is always out and about with the neighbor boys on their bikes.
There does seem to be a social grouping of the foreigners and the Guatemalans. I guess this has a lot to do with language. Heather and I are trying to be more social with the Guatemalans but the Guatemalans in this neighborhood tend to be more wealthy and to themselves. They are friendly enough but seem to want to run in their own circles. Be praying that they will be more open to integrating.
Heather span instarted this years home school. The kids have been learning lots. Anzo has seen the most improvement as his attention increases 
and he can focus more.
Each of the kids were able to pick a country to learn more about and Anzo picked the "States". He is eager to go and visit.
Along with the school Heather put the kids in soccer for PE. They have had lots of fun running around kicking the ball. They go 3 days a week.
At our church, one of the helpers in Sunday school had a baby. She is young and still in school. Her mother wan
ted to keep the baby but must work so she doesn't have time to care for the baby every day. Heather agreed to bring the baby here on Thursdays to care for little Daniella. Heather is enjoying her baby fix and the kids all love having the baby around!On an interesting side note, we have had some severe thunder storms. Not days of rain on end like Stan but short severe storms and one day we got large marble sized hail!
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