This past holiday weekend we were blessed with fantastic weather! We took advantage and the BellaRumo family (including Gma & Gpa) went to Treman State Park in Ithaca for a hike and a picnic. The day was great!!!!! (as the photos show) Little Miss loved her first water experience. Zach & David jumped [...]
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Just thought I would share some Memorial Day pics with you all. Having a hubby who himself s a veteran (Persian Gulf War) I get very weepy. This year the BellaRumo family walked in the Liverpool Memorial Day Parade with our preschool. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. Half-way through [...]
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Please join me in prayer for this little one and the people who are caring for her with so much love and faith. Cry Haiti From Scotland with love, hands reaching out to forgotten children SUNDAY, 24 MAY 2009 Blessed Assurance At 4pm on Friday, Dixie Bickel admitted a 2 day old infant to the [...]
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Prop plane from PAP to Les Cayes. How many ginger tabs was this one Sheri? Shoreline Les Cayes Airport, the most beautiful building we saw while there View from bus on road to O notice open sewage Church in Les Caye(pronounced Le Ki with a long i) Moms and their kids An exhausted Jamesly Our [...]
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For those of us that know us well, this post will sound like something out of the twilight zone. This weekend Emily, Paul & I got up at 6 am, drove to Utica with my niece, and ran a 5k race at 8:15 am in the morning. Never mind that none of us Rumo’s are [...]
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Yesterday I wept. I am surprised at the amount of time it has taken me to process our trip. I will never be the same but everything and everyone around me is the same. It is difficult. I feel like everyone should see what I have seen. Tonight , I was driving home and talking with [...]
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What was the weather like? It was a weird kind of hot. It didn’t feel like 95 but we did sweat like it was 95. It clouded up every afternoon otherwise it was sunny with blue skies everyday. Transportation? Now here’s a funny subject. Transportation in Haiti is unlike anywhere I have ever been. First [...]
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Where to start? We are back and by “we” I am referring to me and my fabulous traveling companion and mango lover Sheri. The Lord knew what He was doing when He put the two of us together. Sheri was my important paper keeper , key locater, disciplinarian and general personal assistant. I am not [...]
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Due to amazing technology I am sitting here in a third world country with one of my sons on my lap , on a balcony overlooking our hotel pool while said son is lovin my iPod. Amazing. While there is too much to report right now I thought I would at least report that we [...]
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Hi all, Well we have completed our first leg of our trip successfully. We are in Ft Laudardale getting ready to turn in and rest for tomorrow’s adventure. Thanks to all of you who have been in prayer for us please by all means keep it up. I am going to try to post updates [...]
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