Too young...

Hazel, Xenia along with Aunt Ruth and Flora (my other tica mom who I love dearly) had a great visit week with the supplies that were sent last week. This is the busiest time of year and they gave around 80 kits. What a blessing to hear! See the message below of what Hazel write me about their visit. Please pray for all the ladies and their babies and in particular the girl Hazel mentions. Also please pray that we can continue this ministry as God provides.

So, had the best time giving little bags away, we were with two of the damas voluntarias and the hospital is more strict now, so we needed a special permission today. The damas voluntarias got it for us, no problem. There was a 13 year old girl and her mom, both Nicaraguans, they were the ones that are lingering in my heart today. She just had a cute baby girl. We prayed for them and gave them extra clothes for the baby (they had no place to go but were staying at the hospital on the mean time). The mother of the girl seemed sad and I could feel the heaviness of her heart. After finishing I had the joy to give Xenia and Flora their presents. Ha of my!!!!! They almost cry and couldn't believe you sent them a present. They want me to ask you what bus they need ti take to get over there heje

Two years too long.

    Alot has changed for my family as well as for Hazels. We had to take a break from chubby cheeks during that time. While my family and I looked to find where God would have us settle in the U.S. Hazel and her family also made a move to the U.S. for a time to take care of family obligation.  During that time she gave birth to a baby girl! My family and I recently purchased a home and are settling in now.  Hazel, and her family had returned to Costa Rica and with her baby being a little older she was able to return to the hospital. She had a great visit a few months back with our beloved Xenia.

I recently made contact with some sweet ladies who belong to a church that was taking a trip to Costa Rica. one of the ladies was going on the trip and was kind enough to carry down a couple suitcases of kits for me that contained the remainder  of items I had received for Chubby Cheeks. It was hard to see the suitcases go where my body could not.  But my heart and prayers were well packed within.


Kalanis birth is how all this got started and what a joy it was to see her helping me make these kits.

Aunt Ruth

This post was written two years ago but I just realized had not been published. It was my last trip to the hospital.


This last visit I asked my neighbor “Aunt Ruth” to accompany us. “Aunt Ruth” has and continues to be an adopted grandmother to Mk’s in Costa Rica. She and her husband came as Missionaries over 60 years ago. She has been and continues to be an inspiration to many. Uncle Steve has since passed away and is very missed. Any one who has met Aunt Ruth would say they have received some form of counsel or wisdom from her.  You are blessed if you have been able to meet, have a conversation with or in my case been able to learn from her. Aunt Ruth is losing her vision but at this point if she was reading this would be shaking her head and trying to take all attention off herself. Which is also another reason I am so inspired by her…she is full of humility when she could be very puffed with pride.  Aunt Ruth has many years of experiences counseling Costa Rican women. I was so happy to have her come along. Everytime I go somewhere with her I am flabbergasted by her stories about all the people she knows. So, it was not a huge surprise to me (yet a pleasant one) when we walked into one of the mothers rooms and someone hollered out  in Spanish “Look, it’s Dona Ruth!” I laughed and made the statement to the ladies that everybody knows “Dona Ruth”.  It wasn’t until later that I got to hear the story of who the lady is.  It was inspiring and beautiful i was touched to have been able to be witness to what was clearly a reunion set up by God.