Alyssa's birthday party.

Hey again we have yet another blessing to tell you guys. We were able to have Alyssa birthday party in a big garden that the Church owns and rents out for large events. This is not your normal garden. This place is beautiful. A little excape from the city. At this garden that we were allowed to us for free was a beautiful tent that had been rented for a fancy wedding the night before. We were also able to us this for free. Tables, chairs and all. What would have costed someone $1,000 to use, the Lord gave it to us for free. It was a wonderful party. It was a costum party for the kids. We had 30 adults show up and 20 kids. Lets just say we were glad that we were serving hotdogs, not steaks. This was the first birthday party here without family with us. Zoe had a party in May but we here blessed to have Linda, Harry, and Amber here with us. I (Amanda) was missing my family a lot during this time. I was thankful for all the people that came but they will never replace family. I was very busy to say the least, thankfully that helped. I was very glad the girls had such a wonderful time. When they can home they fell asleep immediately. They ran and played a lot. There is not alot of places in the city that they can't do that. Alyssa was Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" and Zoe was Snow White. They were very precious. I am once again on the couch though because of all the running and work yesterday. I am unfortunately paying for it today. I go to the chiropractor tommorrow to get the places in my back corrected. Thank you Jesus for that situation also. We have two doctors that have been helping me for the last two weeks. They are doing it for free. They told me that we are here helping their people so the least that they could do is help us. God is our provider. Soon those disc's in my back will be healed and I will be back to my normal self. Thanks again for those of you that gave money for Alyssa'a b-day. She was very blessed by it. Her real birthday is on the 28th of Jan. but we did the party earier. We will have been here exactly one year on the 28th of January. We get to celebrate two special things on this day. To all our family back at home: We love and miss you!!!!!!!!!!!! Amanda