PEACE Our time at the Coffee Farm in Finca Mont Serrat has been wonderful. It is quiet (other than the rooster that begins to crow at 3am), absolutely beautiful, and we’ve enjoyed the other family we are here with. It’s so good to speak to another English speaking person whose adopting! Lanie actually went into …
Day 11 – A Refuge Written Day 11 – Posted today as we have not had wifi Today we left the busy city of Manizales and came to Finca Monserrat. The drive here was absolutely beautiful. We saw coffee farms, banana farms, the life of the rural people here and the breath taking views of …
Today our host family that owns our apartment took us to the natural hot springs that come from the volcano. The volcano is currently erupting. We can see if from our apartment window early morning when it is clear. Vlima, our host brought us around to three hot springs. She speaks little English, but did a great job. …
You can pay to use a cell phone from these guys who have them chained to a vest they are wearing. The modern day telephone booth Above are some pictures of cultural ways of doing things here. I love the diversity and interesting aspects of different cultures! Cliff Notes of our day Our integration …
Another day of waiting with a mixture of activity and thoughts filled today as it does most days lately. How’s Lanie? Lanie loves to clean and keep things tidy. Scott LOVES that ( and so do I). She makes the beds, wipes down tables, picks up things on the floor and makes sure all doors …
Today was a mix of information and events. The Good 1. We had a great time at a new mall called The Fondeloras. There was a place called Happy City on the top floor that the girls (and adults) enjoyed. No one was there so we did fun carpet slides, bumper cars and games over and …
It’s day 6 And we have a long ways to go. Today was good. We hung at apartment a lot playing games, the girls did our hair we did laundry etc. and then did our usual supermarket run and ventured to a new shopping area to get some clothes that would fit Lanie. The clothes …
Celebration at the Plaza Above are some pictures from these last few days. We can’t post full pictures of Lanie until Court is over and we are officially her parents. Today we went for a walk and discovered they shut down the main street this morning and allowed bicycles and walkers to enjoy cruising …
Ok. Heres a long post. Most wont be this long. It’s also from my iPad which makes editing and correct grammar almost impossible right now. So if my students are reading any of this think of kit as Mrs. Sullivan’s rough draft. Our Lanier is quite a fun kid! She’s high energy, all smiles, very …
They brought her to us tonight at our apartment. She’s a ball of cheerful energy. Lots of hugs, kisses, laughs, hiding games and more. The adventures will continue tomorrow.
