Bags and Wings

A lot of times people ask us if we are happy here, if we accepted the fact that, we are here, in this complicated country, they ask how the kids are doing, also they ask if we know better how to get things we need, but most of all, they ask if we are happy in Venezuela. In the beginning our answer would say :" not really, but we are ok" , yes the beginning of all things are not easy, remember when you were learning to ride a bike, or drive a car, or when you were learning to read and write? Anyway, the same thing happened with us when we moved, the first weeks were so impossible to stand, so painful, but, we keep looking forward and hoping for better days. But, thanks God, we had faith and deeply we knew things will be better, the first step to take was look, just look! There are so many great things in the garden of life, even when the things you like the most doesn't appear so often, but, look, just look maybe we can find new things or even the old things we ...

Hola friends and family! This week we plunged into the goggles, caps and water world! It was a nice opportunity to learn, get excited and have fun! What an important moment to jump into a new kind of excitement. Oh yeah, life can be super excited if we search for that! Sometimes we are sitting waiting for something incredible happened, but, honestly if we are seated is not excited, it's not fun at all! The swimming started a long time ago in the water of Caribbean ocean. Can you imagine yourself swimming in one of the most beautiful ocean on earth? Everyday!?!? What a great beginning! And since that time we kept the water world in our life, even without the Caribbean! In the way we had cute pool, nice pool, great pool and our last,... pool with bugs remember when I told that we had to swim with bugs and finish the line? So, that's what happened! The kids had a swimming competition last Friday and they finished the line!!!! It was so great! They were excited and nervous and hap...

Main street of our neighborhood, neighborhood gate ; furniture store under the sun and rain!!!!!

Do you want to go shopping with me? I Hope so! First stop at the fruit market, organic fruits and vegetables, it doesn't have a variety but that's ok; I spent 60 bolivares (US$7.14 buying few fruits). After that if you are hungry right next to the market you can find a typical restaurant offering " Almuerzo ejecutivo" that means, Executive lunch for just 20 bolivares (US$2.38)! Next stop at grocery store (Unicasa)! When you arrive at the grocery store you will find a big sign that says " don't forget to pay the parking lot" instead of saying, "Welcome to Unicasa". The parking lot cost you 3 bolivares (0.34cents), you buy your groceries, after that you go to another place to pay the parking lot. In the grocery store the cashier has 2 boys packing what you bought, they put everything in double plastic bags because the bags are not strong enough to hold everything, (I'm counting the days to my reusable bags arrive!!!!), after paying...

Hello dear friends & family, Today I found myself in a new season! The season of gratitude and apologize. Yes, I have nothing to complain about even with so many "whatevers". I realized that I have so much to be grateful for, the season of:  what, no, what, no,... is over! Yes, its over and now a new time will begin, a time for laugh about in the hard moments, a time for say thank you with a smile even if in the way could have some whatever.... this is life, is not perfect, is not problem free, its not just flowers, life has stones and spikes and these make life even more challenger and because of that life turns much more excited and full of stories and great experiences. I read in this morning about the trees. Trees are amazing! In all seasons trees keep growing no matter what, in the dry season they grow slow and the wet season they grow in full speed! Like the trees I want to keep growing in all seasons no matter what. That's my goal, keep moving forward ...

Hello dear friends and family! Wow! Another interesting week! Here,in Maturin, we can find surprises almost everyday! I'm not sure if it is because of the beginning of our journey or because Maturin is a surprise each day! Well, I guess we will know about this when we say goodbye to Venezuela. Anyway, I'd like to begin this newsletter with a magical word,...." whatever", wow, this word can be used in so many situations here, it's magical because when you say it to yourself or even when you don't say it but you think about the word, you can have fun and understand and accept the moment! What a fantastic word to describe the city! Today for example we went shopping, we wanted to buy paper, just the plain normal regular white paper, so we went to the "papeleria" and we found it!!!!!!! We were so happy! When it was time to pay for the paper, a very polite cashier asked me about my ID or passport, and name, and I said that I didn't bring my ID...