Four years ago, when we arrived at El Refugio, Andres and Marlena had just gotten married. If memory serves me well, we arrived on February 26th and they had gotten married February 14th. Andres served as our guard and the family lived in the guard house on property. Over the 4 years they had two baby girls, Katerine and Jaris. Marlena is originally from Peru and with their growing family they felt like it was best for them to live closer to her family. We will miss them very much and pray for God's blessing on their lives.
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| Marlena y Andres as newlyweds |
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| Katerine, Andres', Jaris and Marlena |
The whole family went to Peru this last Christmas. Marlena and the girls stayed and Andres came back to get all the paper work in order. On his last day in the country we threw him a "Despedida" (farewell party) with a full lunch and time of encouragement and praying for he and his family.
As I said in an earlier blog, people come and go through our lives. This is the first, full time worker to leave and it was hard on everyone on property. For me, saying goodbye has become something that I would prefer to avoid, like the plague. This is my hope for heaven and what I cling too, "No more good-byes!"
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| Andres' and family |
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| Enrique, his wife Alicia and Andres' |
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| Lunch of Arroz con Pollo with staff |
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