Mikela was just 10 months-old and 4 pounds when she came into our lives. She was brought through the mission gates by a neighbor. She had been abandoned and left to die. She was too weak to even hold up her head. We planned for her to spend […]
Tonight was family night in our house! Jose made pizza and baked a cookie cake! I promised the kids we would play games tonight and of course no one could agree on one – so we played 2. The twins wanted to play the Spiderman Memory Game. Can […]
Tonight we celebrated the 4th of July for the first time in our home! (Well outside the home 🙂 ). Jose did everything he could to make today a memorable day…. and it was! We decided to have a cookout in our front yard. We normally do bonfires […]
This past Friday – MAF came to the Mole to pick up a short-term missionary team. We asked them if they wouldn’t mind bringing some cargo on that flight. They happily agreed! 🙂 So now our campus has 20 chickens! We bought the chickens in Port-au-Prince from Haiti […]
Today my babies are 5 years old! It was during the October 2008 Surgery team that I had found out I was pregnant. It was so unexpected – almost unbelievable. The mission has an ultrasound machine that Dr. Joseph uses for his pregnant patients. So one evening Jose […]
I have spent the last few weeks listening to podcasts, working through several different Bible Studies, finding time alone to worship, & really trying to throw myself into the Word. It’s easy to talk to God but it’s not always easy to hear His response. You see satan […]
Gabriel loves to draw! Sometimes he doesn’t have the words to get out his thoughts – but he’s a deep thinker just the same. He expresses himself through his drawings and it gives us a glimpse of what’s happening in his little world. Today he brought me his […]
This summer is full of birthdays in the Castillo home! It’s hard to believe in just a few more weeks (June 25th) Asher & Levi will be 5 years old! On July 11th Mikela will be 11 years old and on July 21st Gabriel will be 7 years […]
Summer. A time where friends and family come together for picnics and reunions. A time when the sun bears with us just a few more hours so we can get home from work, wrestle with the kids, & put the hamburgers on the grill before the night begins […]
“My Life Is In Your Hands” You don’t have to worry And don’t you be afraid Joy comes in the morning Troubles they don’t last always For there’s a friend in Jesus Who will wipe your tears away And if your heart is broken Just lift your hands […]