Vacation Bible School

All last week we had VBS at our church
and I had the privilege to help with the music and in the 8-9 year old's class.
We had Bible stories, puppets, music, costumes, plays, prizes and more!!!
So here are some pictures of my week. I hope you enjoy.

Mr. Torres the teacher for ages 8-9
(Just in case you are wondering the theme for VBS was
"Passport to the land of Jesus Christ" which is why all the teachers
were dressed as Israelites )

Me, acting a very sleepy Jonah.

The puppets standing on the wall of Jerusalem.

A little girl called Tatiana. Isn't she adorable?

The mad rush to see who would win in the offering,
boys or girls. The little boy (his name is Uriel) jumped into the picture.

Charlie and Roberto enjoying hot dogs Friday evening.
(In all the group pictures I'm naming the people from left to right)

Jasmine, Haviland, and Adriana on Friday.
To earn extra points the girls had to wear a pink shirt.

Me, playing "Holy is He" for the offertory
with Benjamin, Josue and Eric.


The costume was VERY hot and none of the boys wanted to wear one
except Danny. (Benjamin's brother)

Please pray that the children who came will remember what they learned
about the life of Jesus, that they will continue to come to church and that they
might be saved.

I really enjoyed being able to help, and look forward to
next years VBS.

Happy fathers day Dad!!!

On this very special day I would like to wish all fathers a happy
fathers day but I especially would like to wish my daddy a happy fathers day.

Dear Daddy,
I just want to let you know that I love you and that
I am so thankful that God gave me such a wonderful father.
Thank you for always being there for me, helping me in my spiritual growth, and being such a good example .
May God bless you for all you done for Me.
I love you dad!!!


P.S. Thanks for always making me delicious food!!!

~I thank my God upon every
remembrance of you.~
~Philippians 1:3~

Our trip

Well we made it home safely on Thursday arriving around 12:15 AM.
We were kept very busy while we were in Indiana and I actually had the opportunity to play the piano in a double wedding as the pianist was on of the ones getting married !!!

It was a very long drive but we made it in about 12 hours.

Here are the 3 pastors wives,
Mrs. Yolanda Gomez, my Mother, and Mrs. Gloria Oliva.

Here are 2 men from the church
and the 3 pastors, My dad, (1st on the left)
Pastor Adrian Gomez, (2nd on the right)
and Pastor Mario Oliva.(last on the right)

Here is one of the meals we ate.
It's called pupusas and it is a Salvadorian dish.

Enjoying food and fellowship.

After the conference in Indiana we headed to Illinois for and FBFI
(Fundemental Baptist Fellowship International) conference.
After Illinois we headed home.

On the way home we stopped at the creation museum to get some information.
The museum was going to close in 2 hours so we just got the information, took some pictures
then left, but we hope to be able to go with some homschoolers from town.

This picture didn't come out to well but it was the only one we had if this dinosaur.
Well I'm glad to be back and I hope you all enjoyed seeing these pictures.

P.S. If you could all be praying for my dad, Caleb, Christian, uncle Galo,and
a gentleman from church as they all left early this morning for a 3 week long missions trip
to Ecuador. Please be praying for their safety and that the Lord will use this trip in their lives.

On the road...to Indiana?

Yes, that's right, in a few minutes my family and I will be on the road to Indiana.
please pray for a safe trip and that the conferences will be a blessing to all.
We will be returning an Wednesday the 17th.

My birthday

It seems very hard to believe but yesterday was my 14th birthday!!!
My parents took me out for a delicious breakfast at Ihop.



After breakfast we went to Hancock fabrics where they were having a BIG sale.



Daddy took these pictures. LOL. Isn't Victoria cute?
At 6:00 we had a cook out and we invited Camilo and Jessica, Tio Antonio and Aunt Michelle, and Alejandra and Fernando.



We had steak, rice, salad, fruit salad, and cake.



I received so many beautiful gifts.
A jean jacket from Caleb,
a card making kit and heirloom scrapbook kit from Camilo and Jess,
a white blouse from Alejandra and Fernando,
a Spanish cook book and perfume from Tio Antonio and Aunt Michelle,
"So much more", by Ana Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin, and Elsie Dinsmore#8
from Mother and Daddy,
and candy and lotion from Haviland.



And for the cream on the cake Mom and Dad gave me a
beautiful sterling silver purity ring with an Emerald.



I am so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.
P.S. Isn't the ring beautiful?

An ode to mothers

As I thought on this mothers day I
wasn't very sure what type of post I would make for mothers day.
I finally decided to post a poem that my mother wrote but I had to translate it from
Spanish to English so it's taken some time. I hope you enjoy it .

~Voices~

There is a voice that echoes;
And it speaks without fear
That there is no worth in what I do
That there is something much more dear.

There is a voice, a loud voice
That tells me I should go
Away from home and pull away
From that little fold.

That I can gain great riches
That shall bring me felicity
That I can earn a position
And of me, proud they shall be.

There is a voice that tells me
That fame should be my goal
And to do something that's "really worth it"
And so the world of me approve.

They shall tell me that I'm intelligent
That I didn't let myself down
They shall tell me "You are really strong;
You, we can admire."

But there is another Voice, a Voice sublime
That tells me there is more honor
In being "only" a wife
Building a superior home.

That He shall give me great riches;
That I could not even perceive
He shall give me some blessings;
That shall bring me felicity.

"It won't be easy" He tells me
"On Me, you shall have to lean
If you want to see good fruit;
You shall have to trust in Me."

"It shall take a great effort
Little souls to mold
He tells me: you do your part
For I shall not desert you."

"Be to them a good example
And they shall follow you
when you talk to them of Jesus
They will believe."

And some day you will hear some voices
Talking about you
"She was 'only' a mother
Who dedicated her life for me."

And you shall have great fame in your home
"It was worth it" you shall say
When you hear your husband and children
Blessed you shall be.

"They shall tell you, that you were wise
To have stayed at home
They shall tell you: 'You are really strong;
You, we can admire

~Lizet Franco on February 28, 2003

Being a Mother is really such a high calling and we as children should honor
mothers. I thank God for my mother.

I'm back

I would like to apologize for the very LONG silence.
My little sister broke my camera which I use for blog pics not long ago so I am currently trying to get a new one AND we were at a
conference over the weekend I will soon post pictures of our very enjoyable trip, but I wanted you all to know that I am still alive and well.