Casa de Fe

We were able to take school photos for the Casa de Fe orphanage again this year.  I haven't been to the orphanage much this past year, so it was fun to see the kids and how they have grown and matured.  They finished school this week and just left to go to the beach.  A group comes down faithfully to facilitate the beach trip for the kids.  What a fun experience for everyone! 

Patti Sue (she's the founder and is on the far right) has a tough job - but she does it well.  It's amazing to look back on when she first started and see where she is today.  She has quite a vision.  If you want to know more you can find it here.

Sheila, Nila, Jonathon, Rosa, Alejo, Angel & Nayely with Marcela

Nicole, Rubi, Martin, Gilmar & Greis with Franklin

 

Wilson, Anna, Julisa, Javier & Alondra withNube

Maria, Marcia, Talia, Abigail & MariBel with Kelcy

Jennifer & Rosa with Megan

Los Nenquimo

Gilberto and Silvia are good friends from church.  When we celebrated Valentine's Day (friendship day too) we all drew names and gave gifts.  Well, we gifted a frame and photos to the Nenquimo's - can you believe it's taken us this long to get to it?!!

If you know the story behind "Beyond the Gates of Splendor" or "End of the Spear,"  then you have heard of Mincaye.  Gilberto is Mincaye's grandson and his Waorani name is actually Mincaye too.  They are a super sweet family and we love to laugh with them!  They are constantly smiling, so it was funny to see them get super serious when we started taking pictures!  We had to keep reminding them that it wasn't supposed to look painful!

Megan & Danny

We were able to take some engagement photos for Megan and Danny recently.  Megan is a teacher here with the Casa de Fe orphanage.  She met Danny here and they are planning to be married in the fall.  They are so cute!  Wish we could be here for the wedding.  Congratulations you two!

Grace

We were able to take pictures for Grace Cuvi's quinceanera (her 15th birthday).  Grace is the daughter of our friends Wilson and Magdi.  We took pictures of their other daughter's wedding back in December.   Because the Cuvi's went to Bible school in Argentina, Grace was able to go to school part of the day in English.  So, her English is superb!   Our kids LOVE her....and so do we!   For her pictures she brought along a friend to share in the fun.  They are both so cute!

Happy late Birthday Grace!