Wonderful Visit

 My parents helped us plant trees in the front yard.

This is a grape vine planted in my honor.

Good times

 They also got to come with us to visit families.

We had a wonderful breakfast out together.

 

 We took pictures together.

 Ate lots of meat!

My mom brought a boxed cake mix and made me some delicious lemon cookies!

Fun stuff

 Do you think this guy can catch you speeding?

 Swimming in the sea together in May even if it was a bit chilly!

 We bought my dad a French press so we could have "real" coffee together.

 There is always cleaning to do.

A delicious breakfast complete with donuts from America!

Presents

 I found blue rugs for my mom's laundry room for Mother's Day.

 A special hand-painted lighthouse box for Father's Day.

Another healing

My teammate found a cat in the middle of the road one night that had been hit by a car and was scooting along.  We brought her home and then took her to the vet the next day.  She couldn't stand up and couldn't move her tail at all.
Her x-rays showed a fractured spine and tail.  We took her to the university veterinary clinic and they said that there was nothing they could do for her and she may have irreparable nerve damage. They prescribed some pain medication, antibiotics and vitamin shots for two weeks to help with nerve healing. I named her Oreo and starting praying for God to heal her broken bones and nerves.

Here she is, with her tail completely healed. She runs all over the house and loves to play.  She still cannot open her front right paw but uses it like a fist.  We continue to pray for her complete healing and are looking into having a leather glove made to protect her paw but still allow her to use it.  Praise God for answering our prayers!

Special meal

Our refugee friend made grape-leaf rolls for us.  You dip them in the sauce and then roll them up in flat bread.  Top it off with homemade salty yogurt drink! Different, but tasty.

Do it yourself

In order to save on costs we tied this second hand window to our car and brought it to the building to be used as a dog house door.  The other option was to pay someone to bring it on their motorbike.  We thought this was a better idea.

Kittens grown up!

 We had our mother cat and female kittens fixed so now they are free to play outside during the daytime without worry.

Special presents

My gramma sent me a gift and I was able to purchase a new bed.  It lifts up so you can put things inside and is super comfortable.  My teammate gave me a new fuzzy blanket.

Merry Christmas!

On my trip to the capital city I got to enjoy the snow!

At home, we enjoyed breakfast at a decorated cafe.