it's a boy!

NO -- i am not prego. calma! (calm down!) 

but we do have some news. 

we have a .. well... sortava "son". 

his name is Manu (short for Emanuel). he is 24 years old.

here is the story: manu and i were camp buddies from many moons ago (early 90's. i was 2 years old. ha!) we never kept much in touch, but we'd see each other a couple of times in a year. when i moved to Abilene for school, i completely lost contact with the guy. 

fast forward to December 2008. a mutual friend of ours, beto, was to be married and manu was invited to the wedding here in itu. he came, spent the night in our home, and before we knew it, he had been here for 6 weeks! he saw something that made it worth staying. 

mark and i talked, and encouraged him to begin culinary school, and invited him to live with us during the course. 

so now we have a sorta son. 

he is loving school, and working at a restaurant from 5pm to 1am everyday.

manu is a great kid to have. no diapers. no bottles. he helps clean. and we are not his taxi. 

jokes aside -- 

i am amazed that we, thru God, have had such an influence on his life now. 

we love to walk the journey with people. 

ak