Warren family update

Hello everyone!! We are well, and we hope you are too!!!!!!

We've had a very busy couple of weeks! First, a group of 32 young adults from a discipleship school called Kairos were here for a couple of weeks, and we had a great time with them! Andy took a trip to the mountains as Mak and I stayed back and held down the fort at home! It was our first time at our house without Andy, and God blessed us with peace and no fears! That was quite a blessing for mom! :)

We now have the money to replace our roof! We are praising God for the blessing. Right now, it has been raining a lot, so we really need to replace it soon. The plan is to purchase materials this week andput it on as soon as we have a couple of dry days. We are SO excitedto not have to cover everything before leaving the house! THANK YOU GOD!

Mak is doing really well. Yesterday, for lunch, I made her “buy” all of the items to make her jelly sandwich, chips and glass of water. She is learning about Pennies, Nickels, Dimes and Dollar Bills… their value and what they are called. She has had a hard time relating as to which is what, so I figured for her to get out her play money and buy all needed for lunch would help! Now, however, every time she eats, she asks if she needs to “buy” it. We better be careful, a team may come down and hear her say that and think we are LITERALLY making her buy stuff to eat! Oh wow!

Andy is headed to the mountains tomorrow to purchase some coffee from one of the growers, and I always look forward to hearing what God does with his time there. I am praying that the coffee looks great, and that God would continue to use Andy through the coffee!

I am keeping busy in the Mercy International office, and am almost caught up on
the months that we were gone to the US! I am excited toget 2010 out from under my nose and put into the box! :) Last weekend, we received a call from a couple that the wife is American and the husband is Honduran. They asked if Mak and I wanted to go tothe park, and we had a great time! (I got a little sunburn, but still enjoyed my time!) See a picture with Andy and Sofia attached eating their suckers!

So, for those of you getting this from Grace Church, I want to make a little plug... June 21st – 28th, Grace will be bringing a team down to see us! I also know that there are a few ladies receiving this from last fall’s Beth Moore study – I am sure that you guys could hook up with Grace to come down if you so desire…. Just write me back and I will get you contact information for the leaders! We would love to have you all here! (Hey mom, maybe this year!!!????)

Also, I want to tell you guys about something else going on that needs some “extra special prayer”. We have twin babies that were brought to the farm a few days ago. They were 2.5 pounds each, a boy and a girl. Their mother was sick in the hospital, and they were being cared forby other family members. After a trip to the pediatrician that we trust, Mercy has taken on the cleaning of bottles (two different ways) and the giving of CLEAN water for their bottles. These little babies are only living through the grace of God, and we are so blessed to see them growing slightly. Would you please pray for them? I am attaching a picture of one next to the hand of Cindy Lowman just to give you an idea of how small they are.

We are so blessed, and always love hearing from you all! We wish youthe best week and thank you as always for your prayers!

Chili Peppers update

Well it has been three weeks since I planted my chili peppers. So far I am having mixed results, our Honduran helper Jorge has been advising me of a couple of different things to do to get better results. However the little results I do have ten little green sprouts sticking out of the dirt. Whoo Hoo. I have planted over sixty seeds so I have my fingers crossed. I can taste the salsa now.

I have another planting project going at our house, this one involves Makenzie. She helped me plant the seeds and is watering the plants everyday. We started this project about a week and a half ago and already have three sprouts showing. Who knows maybe Makenzie has a green thumb.

Super Bowl Fiesta

Hello everyone! We hope you are all doing well! It is amazing at how fast the times are changing here in Honduras. Two years ago we got to watch the Superbowl on Spanish TV, everything was in Spanish and we didn't get to see all the great commercials. Today we are preparing a Superbowl fiesta, and are going to get to see the game via American TV in English and with American commercials. (We know that is the real reason for watching the Superbowl)

Over the weekend we travelled to Gracias, Lempira, Honduras it isabout an hour and a half from where we live, a few years ago it wouldhave taken four hours to get there. Our purpose for this trip was tomarry off one of our very own. A missionary student that we love verymuch, Carlos, married his sweetie, Rina (say ree-nuh). It was abeautiful wedding, and we were blessed to have the opportunity to bethere! We met some awesome people, and had an awesome time offellowship. I also got my Honduras drivers license while there, and Andy got to go exploring, he visited two different natural hot spring parks, a good way to unwind before our next group comes in on Wed. We really had a great time!

Well, we've gotten the price to replace our roof. $1,200 - Andy met with the landlord and he agreed to let us do it (Andy can do it with the help of a few people) and take it off the upcoming payments for rent! This is good because we can get it done on our own schedule and can work on it around our teams. Would you please pray with us that God would provide all that is needed at the right time!?!? We will do one section to help financially, and then wait until the next month to do the other section.

Makenzie is doing really good. She has totally adjusted to being back home. She misses everyone in the states, but she's fitting right in here! :) She's doing school, and having fun with it - and a few challenges, but that's just part of it! :)

We're excited to see our vehicle fund growing! Thank you to all of you that have contributed. We are not quite to the point of looking for a vehicle yet, but it's definitely close! Our goal is to raise12,000 and we are currently at 8,250, Praise God for his provisions!

We do officially have our own Internet connection now. We are excited to be able to see friends and family! It's not perfect connection -but we can at least see people for a few minutes at a time! :)