Please be praying for Josiah. He has a sore on the bottom of his foot that is infected. He had a hard time walking today. One of our friends at school is a doctor and took a look at it and told us what antibiotic to put him on. One of the great things about living here is that you can walk into a pharmacy and tell them what prescription you would like without even having anything written from a doctor. So now he is on antibiotics, and I have another appointment scheduled for Thursday with the Doctor that comes to our school.
Also be praying for my hands. I have had exima for the past 13 years. Some times it is worse then others. My hands have been swelling, and blistering. I was in pain today just holding a pen and trying to write for two hours in grammar class. Mary Dennett gave me a name of a really great dermatologist in the area and I’m going to try to get in there as soon as possible. It has been such a blessing having the Dennettes here and the help of our big brother and sister Steve & Diane.
Update on our date! We had a wonderful time! We went to an Argentine restaurant. For those of you who know us well, we loved Portsmouth NH, and this restaurant reminded us of a restaurant that would be in Portsmouth. The food was great, and about half price of what we would have paid in the states.
We are enjoying the food here very much. We are addicted to pineapple salsa that I make. And these wonderful all natural popsicles that you see the boys eating in the pictures. (The pineapple is less then a dollar and the popsicles are twenty five cents a each). We are learning our way around and trying to learn from the ticos of where to shop for different things etc. We have our grocery bill down a lot after taking some tips. I think a have learned my lesson after paying $5 for dental floss, $4 for Q-tips, and $3 for a role of scotch tape. It is about 550 colonies to one American dollar. Sometimes American products are cheap and sometimes they are 2x as much. Also, it is hard to figure out the price sometimes…until you get home and whip out a calculator with the receipt.
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Hey guys....
I love that you guys have this blog to be able to tell us all that God is doing in your life in Argentina!We are praying for you at night with the kids before bed, that God would help you to learn the language, and that you would be protected. Anna thinks she knows Spanish by the way... did you know the spanish word for brownies is Brrrrrrrownie? Thought you might like to know that! If you want, send us an email stongefamily5@comcast.net!
Any update on Josiah's foot for this week's Prayer List?
Hey becky...my doctor prescribed hydrocortizone valerate (generic name) the brand name is Westcort for my eczema. for the girls eczema the doctor prescribed betamethazone valerate (also generic) the westcort was safe to use during pregnancy (in small doses) and nursing, the the betamethazone is safe to use on both Liv and Matilda...maybe you could get those for your hands. my prescription works in a few days and so did the girls.
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