Mi Amor!

***Confession! There is no spell check on this computer, and being a child of the 90´s I never learned how to spell, so please excuse my spelling and grammar it is horrible and I am very tired!


No, I have not met the love of my life in Guatemala...yet, but the title of this blog, mi amor, is the name that my mother here calls my father, and I think it is simply too beautiful to go unwritten! Whether Betty is mad or completely contento she calls Hugo, mi amor, my love. In the picture to the left is Betty, Omar, Hugo, their friend Perez, and me. We were eating dinner together to celebrate Perez´s 70th Birthday! Perez is a missionary from Puerto Rico and writes and sings and records his own music. Perez is definatly full of love as well! My family, as do many here in Guatemala, always greet each other with a kiss and leave each other with a kiss. So, I have been getting many kisses as I am apart of their family. It is amazing how much physical touch can do to the spirit! Last week prior to being here I felt very lonely at times but being apart of this family and feeling not only their emotional love but physical love in action and touch has meant much to my experience here. My mother has four boys and so it is a treat for both of us to have each other here and share in being women and being pastors. Mi amor, is not the only sweet name Betty has for people but she also calls all of her children, mio, or mine! This name is not said in a dominating way but I see it more in the way that the Isaiah says, "I have called you by name, you are mine!" As I pray it has been sweet to think of God in her lovely Spanish accent calling me, mio! Simply something to ponder!