San Francisco

We've been having a fantasticially exciting muddy adventure so far. We arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday. The Mckissicks are based in a small agricultural town of about 3,500 people. Jeff graduated from Pete's residency about five years ago and moved to Paraguay to start a free medical clinic and plant churches. They were visiting Harlingen last year on furlough when we met them and started to think about visiting them to see what it was all about. So far Pete has been assisting Jeff in the mobile clinic which is conviently parked beside their house. Patients wait in the yard from about 8 till 12 to be seen. They have all kinds of crazy complaints! Amy and I visited a woman yesterday during the Paraguayan tea time. I'm not sure what her real name is but they refer to her as Jabba the Hut because she never smiles and is rather large. She did have an eery resemblance to the character. We talked about the neighborhood, her family, and my baby which she thought should be born here and become a Paraguyan. When we left she gave us two chicks for Amy's daughter, Ginny. When we got home we ate dinner, Ben chased some frogs and then there was a lightning storm. The power went out which meant no lights and no water. In addition, our room started to leak and water flooded the kitchen. It was kind of a hilarious semi-camping scene. Ben loves it here. He has tons of friends to play with and gets to run around all day. We've only had a few mishaps..a couple of ant bites because he snuck out without shoes,and an almost tumble out of an open trailer. THere's a lot of more to tell....but I'll save it for next time. Thanks for all your prayers we really feel them.