Health Care Options

I want to share with everyone a wonderful way to share everyones health care burdens that I discovered today. A friends of mine's midwife was telling us about this program, It's called

Samaritan Ministries International.

-This is how it works!
Samaritan Ministries is a health care sharing ministry, not health insurance, so members’ needs are handled differently than insurance. Each month every Samaritan household is assigned to share in the medical need of another member.

Here's how the process works:

-Medical Need Begins
A Samaritan Ministries member has a need and calls the Samaritan Ministries office.
Packet is sent and prayer begins A Samaritan Ministries staff member sends a Need Processing packet to the member, who is added to the prayer list so fellow members can begin praying.

-The need is presented
He completes the form in the packet and returns it, with his medical bills, to the office.

-The need is processed
The Samaritan Ministries staff verifies the need information and prepares it for publication in the monthly newsletter.

-The need is published
The need is assigned to specific members, who are informed through the monthly newsletter.

-Members respond
The members send their shares along with notes of encouragement to the need assigned to them. They also pray for the member with the need.

-The burden is lifted
The member receives letters with financial gifts, notes of encouragement, and confirmation of prayers.

-God is glorified
The member is encouraged and praises God for His provision.

Memorial Day Weekend

Here are some fun pictures from the Beach. It was the first time both of the girls had really been in the water. For Suri this was amazing progress. She hate water, seriously, tub time is a nightmare and she won't play in the little pool we have for her. She prefers to put dirt in the water instead.

I can't believe it's been so long since I gave an update about our family. A lot has happened since the last time wrote. Luis and I are expecting another baby in November. I'm pretty sure it's a boy, since was so sick. I am not usually sick, I've just started to come back after about a month and half. Our poor kids, have been so neglected. Since for an entire month, I could barely get off the couch. We are finally getting back to normal or at least a little more normal of not 100% normal.

Luis contract was not renewed at the local high school, he is working at. The school district had serious budget cuts and anyone with less then 6 years of teaching, were giving a warning, that they might be let go. And he was. Which was bummer, since we were in the middle trying to buy a house. We've put that off and are looking to move, hopefully out the Fredericksburg Area. Where we will go or what he will be doing is still in the air, but we know we will be moving.

The kids are growing like weeds. Q'Orianka is 3 1/2 and is talking up storm, she has become such a little mommy to Suri. Suri doesn't usually appreciate it, but that's normal and they play so well together. Suri is 18 months and is so independent. She also talking like crazy. Her favorite word is apple. Since she loves to eat them and wants to eat them all day long.

Here are some recent pictures of the girls and us.

This is Luis and the girls outside the DC temple of a youth temple trip.

Luis and Q'Orianka fell asleep watching TV and Suri stayed awake to cuddle with her papa.

The girls pretending to play checkers at George Washington's Childhood home.

Bath Time, this is one of the few times, Suri has been happy during her bath. She hates her baths.

Here is a picture of the girls and I at the National Zoo in DC.

We are just about to become offically new homeowners. We've made an offer on a beautiful house. We finished our counter offer yesterday evening, so we are expecting the owners to accept the offer today. HipHip Hurray!!! Even with the owners accepting the offer, it could be up to 4 to 6 months before we can sign the papers on the house. The house is a short sale, so the process can be long. We will have to wait for final approval from the sellers banks, I say banks because 2 banks are involved in this process, which could extent the amount of time we wait. Lucky for us Bank of America is not involved, if they would have been we would not have even made an offer. They are a guaranteed 6 month wait. We have a feeling that this house is meant to be ours. Here are some pictures of the inside and outside of the house. It has 4 bedrooms 2 full baths and 1 half bath. It's about 2000 square feet with a large fenced yard. My garden plot is already for me.

Suri Playing

This week Q'Orianka is visting Ivis (Luis' sister). I took the adorable picture of Suri playing by herself. What the picture doesn't show is she was dancing in front of the mirror and talking and screaming loudly as she was playing. It was so cute. She has be fascinated by seeing herself in the mirror. It was so cute to see her playing with Q'Orianka's doll since, Q'ori doesn't usually let her play with them.

Novela - Destilando Amor

At our house we love to watch Novelas (Spanish Soap Operas). Here is a picture of Luis and Suri watching "Destilando Amor" together.

Here is a youtube link to our favorite novela. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgR5-hffOQw. Here is a link to the main actress singing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcX_cx96JWs

Q'Orianka and the Scissors

Here are a couple of pictures of Q'Orianka after she took the scissors to her hair. Lucky for us, she only cut about 2 or 3 inches off the bottom, it could have be much worse. I am sad that I had to cut her beautiful curls off. I couldn't let her have one side of her head 3 inches shorter than the other. (I tried, but it just didn't look right. )