Strawderman Week Recap

We had an amazing week with the Strawderman Family last week .   Here are a few highlights captured by the awesome  Elizabeth Pirkle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WeGrFq-zog&feature=g-all-u

Summer LINK Honduras - First Two Weeks

Here's a quick update of what we have been up to with our SummerLinkers.  We have been having a great time with these guys and keeping them busy.  We look forward to the next three weeks.  We will be adding the Strawderman family to our group later this week and can't wait for them to get here.  

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Shadows Behind the Mask

Rebekah is taking an online college English class this summer.  One of her assignments was to do a creative interpretation of a poem.  The poem she chose was "We Wear the Mask" and her for the interpretation she wrote a song and had Elizabeth help her make a music video.  Yes,  I may be a bit biased,  but I think it is definitely A material.  So here it is:
"Shadows Behind the Mask"
Words and Music by Rebekah Pirkle
Music Video produced by Elizabeth Pirkle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8pwu1WVMIY&feature=plcp

Dump Video

Here is a video the captures part of the ministry at the La Ceiba dump.  Our SummerLink team will be helping with this ministry during their time here..   Please pray that God would work through them as they get to know and share with some of the people here.  Thanks again Blake Poleynard for the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txhVKt8UA94&feature=youtu.be

A Glimpse of Loma de Luz

Here is a video put together by Blake Poleynard when his family came to visit and help out at the hospital. Thanks Blake, Lisa and Mark for coming and serving alongside our family.  

Play Dates at the Pirkles

After the first of the year we started something new with children from the Children's Center.  This idea came about one day when Liz jokingly told the girls they would be welcome to take some of the kids for a day if they would like.  Well,  Rebekah and Sarah loved this idea and asked if they really could;  thus began "Play Date at the Pirkles".   For the past four Saturdays,  we have gotten two children and had them spend the day with our family.  They have done everything from bake to have Nerf wars.  Here are some pictures from the first four weeks.  They pretty well speak for themselves so I will keep my commentary to a minimum.  

Week One: Merrily and Genesis

Merrily and Sarah painting

Rebekah and Genesis painting

Precious girls at naptime

Week Two: Ana and Maria

Baking cookie bars with Rebekah

Making necklaces and bracelets

Painting nails with Sarah

Week Three: Ronnie and Felix

Started they day right with biscuits and chocolate syrup

Baking snickerdoodles with Rebekah

For some reason I didn't get pictures of the painting and other activities with these two guys.  Perhaps it was because we were too busy with the Nerf wars:)

Week Four: Kevin and Juancito

Baking chocolate banana muffins with Rebekah.

Enjoying one of the benefits of baking.

Kevin was my helper with the laundry also.

Juancito preparing for a Nerf war.

Kevin is ready too.

We have had such fun times spending time with these kiddos and I think they have enjoyed it also.  One of the favorite things so far is to be able to bake goodies to take back and share with all the others at the children's center.  Looking forward to sharing many more Saturdays with many more children.