yo estoy muy lleno...y infermo! ay chihuahua!

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Prayer request: our health! I can feel the lack of vitamins! This country has obviously never heard of the Atkins diet! Would you like some potatoes with your rice and yuchno....or whatever you call that root thing?

Eddie was really sick yesterday, that's why we're still here at the Gray's house that we were only gonna be at for a day. It was pretty scary but now he's just really weak, not in pain and with only a little temperature. We suspect the food or water though we've been so careful! If you want to bond with my soul, try doing everything out of water bottles...washing face, brushing teeth....it gets old fast.

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But I don't want to sound like I'm complaining cuz I'm really glad to be here, I mean, I've only wanted to come here my whole life! And here I am! Thank you God! We're meeting all my mom's half brothers and sisters that she never knew well, cuz they're so old their kids are her age or older! I've got a cousin over 60! And because both her parents were widowed multiple times each, I'm related to half of Cochabamba! Hole tia! Hola primo! Como estas?

It was also a highlight to see Sarah, who lived with us for four or five years when Elizabeth was really little.

Right now we're trying to pull together plans to tour the nation for two weeks. Uncle Carlos is returning from the States in a couple days and he'll be great to have with us as we try to travel. Don't know yet what we're doing or how but I know we're going to go somewhere!

Please join me in thanking God for Aunt Lucy and her generosity and the Gray family and their hospitality. We've got so many people here to help us and it's such a comfort.

Till later.

-Karissa Juanita