belated August updates: paseos al parque

We've continued our church's tradition of a monthly outing to the park with the kids during summer vacation...

We load up La Paloma with a garrafon or two of mango water, blankets, my first aid kit, the kickball, the tetherball and the soccer ball... oh, the the kiddos of course... stop by the market to pick up 8 mega-sized pepperoni pizzas, and head to a quiet shady little nearby park for a few hours...

During our July and August outings, the kids were exciting to have our pastors join us (Pastor Roberto even agreed to be the goalie during the requisite soccer game, to everyone's delight!

Armando rations out the few chips that we had...

My aforementioned first aid kit always comes in handy for the inevitable bumps and scrapes... who said I'm not using my nursing skills while working in children's ministry?!?

For our August outing, we were blessed to have Katalina (a visitor from Washington) with us! The kids loved her!

Katalina was also the reigning tetherball champion...  I bought our tetherball (sans pole) at the roadside market one day, and it has been a huge favorite!

So our newest tradition is the monthly soccer game; loser buys Coca-Cola for everyone.  This summer's score: Armando's team 3, Megan's team 0.  Oh well, there's always next summer!

Our paseos al parque have once again been a great time of relationship-building and just plain fun!

If you're willing to help with the expenses incurred with these outings (a total of $153.22 is needed), you can donate here to my WORK FUNDS... thank you!