not quite Osha approved
me & Gabbo
the tool room with the new shelves
Christmas concert
These 7 kids got baptized!

sorry it's been such a long time since i updated this. last time i was in montevideo forgot the cord for my card reader...now the cord doesn't work, so i can only post pics taken from my iphone.

it's been a great couple months! the building is coming along, nicely. i'd say we'll be moved in there no later than august, when i get back from visiting seattle for about a month this year. we seem to be constantly having people over to "interview" (if u will) to come on staff when we get to the new spot & begin to quadruple the amount of kids under our roof.

more importantly, the kids that we do have (14 now, 15 starting tomorrow) are ON FIRE for Jesus Christ! they are getting past a religion & getting into a personal/daily relationship with their Savior. He is backing chains, healing pasts, & producing fruit in the lives of all of the older kids.

in my life: God is teaching me how to serve Him out of love...not obligation. I'm beginning to see why out of all the places in the world & all the people in the world He would send Tyler Smith to the small, country, farm town of Ecillda Paullier, Uruguay. here there's not much interesting to me, so there's nothing to do but seek God...here very little is easy for me, so i can't forget that i need Him...& here i see/deal with people with very sad lives every day, so i can't forget His goodness. The Master Potter definitely i sculpting me on a wheel that He knew would be perfect for this particular work :)

items for prayer:

*a continuation of what He's doing in the older kids & i.

*The Holy Spirit's touch in the lives of the younger kids.

*salvation of lives in the town we're in.

*that God would send the personal that He has chosen for this home.

*my knees aren't like a 28 year olds knees should be (healing in my knees).

thank you all sooo much for your prayer & support!

our God reigns!