Hannah turns 18 and the youth group throws her a party.

Hannah at her 18th party.


Some youth stayed at the church to "delay" Hannah....


While others were at our house getting ready to surprise her. She wasn't surprised, but at least they had fun trying to surprise her.


Here are a few youth who were present.


Hannah's cake. I didn't know if I was suppose to make her a cake or not, but I figured that I could have one ready just in case. Well, the youth didn't have enough money to buy her a cake, so I put some manjar blanco (like caramel) on the cake. The first candle I saw was this soccer player which I bought for a Father's Day event two years ago. It was perfect because one of the youth greatly dislikes this team. They are rivals with his favorite team (La U). Later he told me that it was a good joke and that he almost burned the head off in revenge.


One custom they have for the birthday person is to get their face pushed into the frosting of the cake. At least she didn't get an egg cracked on her head!

Getse's New Pastor

Miguel Rojas is the new pastor of our church. He comes with 8 years of pastoral experience. His wife, Ester, had a brain tumor five years ago. Their two children are Misael (age 6) and Benjamin (age 4).




I had to put both pictures in because they are normal children....not always looking at the camera. They are as sweet as they are cute.

Birthdays, Flowers, Boys and a Dog.

On June 1st, we celebrated the birthdays of the Junebug Stilwell. They were Grandpa, Hannah and Sarah. We were missing a few who are currently living in the States.





Luke is playing soccer with some other boys while the adults are in a pastor's meeting.


Mark is playing on a pile of stuff while we were in a meeting.


On this day, we said goodbye to our dog, Lexy. A lady from our church took him in. She has a female cocker spaniel.