Daily doings

Marina, a Teach Us to Pray missionary who temporarily lives in the school room at the front of this property, takes health promotion classes.  Part of what she has learned, we have been putting into daily practice for about a month.  Agripina, an 88 year-old woman in a nearby pueblo suffers from an ulcerated varicose vein on her leg, an open wound she has had for 2 years.

Agripina listening to the Bible

Each day, I drive Marina and my mother-in-law, Six, the 20 minutes to Agripina's home.  Once there, I become nurse's
assistant while Marina cleans the injury, applies, antibacterial creams, and re-bandages the leg.  Six reads a chapter from the gospel of John, and then we return home.  Healing of the ulcer is very slow, and there have been some reverses, but overall, Agripina's leg seems to be improving.  Abraham took her to a specialist a week ago, and he will take her again shortly for evaluation.

the kids studying their verse

Two of the Bible studies Abraham and I teach are usually on Friday.  They are studies with families we have known for many years.  Our own kids enjoy the chance to be with other children, and also learn from the Bible studies.  In the first study, Abraham reads and explains a chapter of Mark with the great-grandmother of the children that I teach.  At present, I am teaching stories from the Israelite kings.  At the second study, we just began the book of Proverbs.

Because we home-school, Abraham and I have to fit our kids' classes in and around the differing hours each week.  It can be quite the challenge to finish each week's assignments!  

This week's schedule was a bit shaken up by a minor accident.  On Saturday morning, a misstep at the top of the stairs ended with me skidding to the bottom.  For the first day, I could barely bend my swollen knee, the only injury I suffered besides some bruises.  In the next few days, both Abraham and Marina did gentle massages and bandaged the affected area.  By Monday, my knee was much improved, but walking was still uncomfortable.  When improvement plateaued, we decided I should go to a huesero (similar to a chiropractitioner) whose services friends and family members had already used.  The treatment is painful while applied, but very effective, and already I feel more relief.  We have a follow-up appointment on Wednesday.  

Lani continues to enjoy her ballet classes.  She will soon be dancing in her first recital.  Lately, I have chatted with a few other mothers who also stay at the studio during class.  This past week, I discovered one mother, with a daughter in ballet slightly younger than Lani, is our neighbor.  We plan to set up play dates for the kids, something that both us mothers will also be glad of, since friends are somewhat scarce for us in this area.

Thank you for your prayers for us.  Please pray for complete healing for Agripina and for her to know Jesus as her Savior.  Pray that Abraham and I can manage our very fluid schedule well and that the Bible studies will be of blessing.