On Sunday October 14th, for Millie's birthday, Grandpa and
Grandma visited a sweet little girl named Orquidea (pronounced Orkeedea)
Valenzuela. She is turning 4 years old
on the 27th of October. She is the
little sister of 2 of our students at the Institute, Yaquira and Miosotis
Valenzuela. One of our other students,
Jose' Isaias, guided us to her home. We
met him at our church and he rode in a taxi and we followed in our car. When we got to her neighborhood, he walked
and we followed him down the narrow street to her house. We met Orquidea and her father and
mother. They were very nice. We gave Orquidea a card with Millie's picture
that said, "My name is Millie Partridge.
I am 4 years old today. To
celebrate my birthday, I wanted to give a gift to someone where my grandparents
are serving as missionaries. I am very
happy to have a new friend in Santiago. Orquidea
was very excited to receive her gift. Millie
chose to give her a coloring book and crayons.
Orquidea loved it (Winnie the Pooh) and went right to work
coloring. She never stopped the whole
time we were there. Her mother had
prepared a treat for us...a cake made out of carrots. It was delicious! Her sisters made us some freshly squeezed
orange juice. We had a very good
time. Thank you Millie for sharing on
your special day!
This is on the way to her house. The young man walking with the white shirt is directing us, while we follow in our car.
This is little Orquidea, smiling as she shows little Millie's picture between us. I could have reached out and touched the wall on my left and mom could have touched the wall on her right. |
| It was hard to get to her look up for this photo. |
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| So happy! |
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| Receiving her card |
