Show Them Love

Hey guys! We have been so busy.....well my humans have been busy. I've been taking a lot of naps. Naps are my favorite (and playing with my tennis ball).

My humans say that they go to school every day. Like they did in Costa Rica. But when they come home they smell funny! Like they've been with a bunch of niños all day! I tried to sneak in the car and go with them, but they wouldn't let me....

you mean I don't get to go too??

I still haven't gotten to play with any niños yet......but I did make several new friends! Not only have I made several new human friends here, but I also have a new friend that's a dog! She's great! She let us stay at her house with her humans while we were looking for our own house.

I've learned that there are a lot of dogs here in this country. They are everywhere! 

My humans say there are some at the school they go to and that's why I can't go with them. 

My humans told me that most of these dogs that live here (in Honduras) don't have a real home. Not like mine. I have my nice big comfy bed (that I share with my humans), and a comfy couch with pillows that I can sleep on too. I have a food bowl and water bowl that never get empty (at least not for long!) I have humans that love on me, play with me and take me for walks......and sometimes I even get salmon treats!!

The dogs here just run around wherever they want.

They have to look in the trash for their food. 

Or hope that maybe some nice human will give them something.....

It just reminds me how lucky I am. Even when my humans forget me at home. Or forget to leave the fan on for me on a hot day.

Or give me an oatmeal bath because I'm itchy. 

I am so blessed! I am so blessed to have humans that love me and take care of me. Just like how God takes care of all of us. He lets people like my humans show other humans that God still loves them. It doesn't matter if they don't have a home, or eat out of trashcans, or even if they're dirty. God loves us all the same. 

So how are you going to show someone that God loves them today?

What's a "Honduras"? Part 2

Hey guys! I know I haven't written you in a long time, but I've been busy!

Chasing my tennis ball. 

Resting from chasing my tennis ball.

Then we got on another plane. When we got on the plane it was soooo cold! But when we got off the second plane it was so hot! I like the hot better! 

Something about traveling in these planes makes me so sleepy......

There were all kinds of new interesting smells in this hot place. Some were like Costa Rica but some were different. My humans said that this was Honduras.

After we got to Honduras (which I have learned is a really big place!) we had to find a house. So of course, I helped my humans check them all out and pick out the best one with a good yard for me!!

Then we had to go shopping for stuff for our new home! We had to buy everything!!! My humans are the best, they even bought me a great big bed to sleep on! Because they were so nice to get me this bed I've decided to share it with them! 

Then I had to help my humans find a car! In Costa Rica we could walk everywhere, but my humans say that Honduras isn't that safe and so we have to have a car so that we can drive everywhere.

Once we found a car, we drove it home! 

Just remembering all this busyness is making me tired! One of my humans got a comfy pillow for his birthday.....I think I better go try it out! love ya, Lucy

Goodbye and Hello: Part 2

Guys! There have been some crazy things going on lately!! I wasn't sure what was up so I made sure to stay near the door and keep an eye on my humans!

One day my humans came home and told me that they had graduated language school. I'm not really sure what that means, but I guess since they're my humans, it means I graduated language school too!

Then a couple days later they woke me up at 4 a.m.!! That's really really early! I wasn't too excited about getting up that early in the morning....

But I had watched them pack suitcases the day before and they even packed one for me. I knew we were going somewhere and I was glad that I was going with them, but.... where were we going??

We went to this place called an airport. It smelled familiar. I'm pretty sure I've been there before. It was loud and there were lots of people there. A couple of them even petted me.

But then my humans told me it was time to get into my traveling bag. I don't like being in there. I tried to escape, but I could only get my nose out. So I finally decided to just take a nap. But I couldn't sleep yet! I had to make sure my humans didn't forget me and leave me there!! 

Finally we were on this thing called a plane. It was big and noisy too, and no one petted me there. My ears felt funny. I decided it was safe enough to take a nap because I was pretty sure my humans were stuck on there too. 

As I napped, I dreamed about all my friends that I left behind in Costa Rica.

This nice human and her niña took me and my humans to the vet in the middle of the night after I was bitten by that big dog and my humans were worried about me. I love these humans and it makes me sad to have to say goodbye to them. 

I LOVE niños!!! (that means kids in Spanish). They are so much fun! My humans told me that I'll get to play with these niños again soon! I can't wait!! 

These are my feathered neighbors. My humans never let me play with them, but I'm sure it would have been fun......they smelled tasty! I will miss hearing them sing and chirp. They were still fun to watch even though I couldn't play with them.

These are the humans of my feathered neighbors. They are some of my favorite humans! I always tried to sneak in their door whenever it was open. I knew I could get some good petting there!! 

But they had to pack up and leave too. I know more people will learn about the love of Jesus because of them, but it makes me sad that they had to leave.

I'm going to miss this family sooooo much! I loved going to their house to play! They are so much fun! They told me they are going to get a dog soon! I know they will take good care of it and it will be loved so much because of how they loved me when I was with them!

I had to wake up from my nap because it was making me sad to think of all the friends I was going to miss. I didn't even get to take a picture with all of them. 

Then we arrived in Knoxville and there was a HUGE group of people at the airport to welcome us back!

I was so worn out from all the traveling and not knowing what was going on, that when we got to Penny's house I couldn't keep my eyes open! I had to take a nap! And my humans put my sweater on because it was cold!! 

After I woke up from my nap, I ran around and found all the balls at Penny's house. I think I found about 14 or more! (After my humans took this picture we kept finding more and more tennis balls!) It was pretty much the best day ever!

Because it's so cold here, we spend a lot of time near this thing.....because it's warm!! 

Later my human took me to the store where are the doggies and other animals are. There's so much tasty and fun smelling stuff in this store! I get so excited I usually have to poop while I'm here!

I'm going to miss all the friends I made in Costa Rica and I love seeing all my old friends here in Tennessee. I don't know how long we'll be here, but I'm going to enjoy all of it! However, the most important thing is that I have a tennis ball, and I have my humans.

The Dirty Tennis Ball

Good morning! I just woke up from my early morning nap....do you take naps? I highly recommend them!

And if you can't decide which pillow to sleep on.....sleep on both! 

Now what was I talking about? ......oh yeah! I remembered something very important that I wanted to tell you all! My humans told me that they weren't going to buy me anymore tasty Costa Rican dog food!!!

But I'm not worried! I know my humans love me and take good care of me, they wouldn't want me to starve! Maybe they're finally going to let me eat tasty human food!!

There's something else I want to tell you about! One day I was outside playing fetch with my human and she accidentally threw my ball through the gate and it went into the road. She went out there and looked and looked, but she couldn't find it. It was ok though, I went back inside and brought her another ball (I have 3 of them!). 

Sometimes when my human throws my ball it lands in places that get it dirty, so my human has to wash it (and she washes all the good flavor out of it too!). After she washes it, she puts it outside to dry, which makes me so very sad because I want to play with my ball.

But then a day or two later I finally get my ball back and I'm so excited and happy! I want to play with it all day long and even bring it to bed with me!

A first I was really upset because I felt like my human was punishing my ball and my ball didn't do anything wrong! It wasn't my ball's fault that it got dirty! 

But then I remembered Jesus, because He didn't do anything wrong either. It's not His fault that we mess up and do bad things, but because we do bad things, He had to die for us. Jesus took all of our bad things, all of our dirt, into Himself. And because He died for us, we can be washed clean from all our bad things (but not with soap like my ball). After we get washed clean then we get to have a relationship with Him. We can talk to Him whenever we want, He goes everywhere with us, and He loves us sooooo much! I hope you know how much He loves you! 

All you have to do is tell Him how sorry you are for all the bad things you've done, ask Him to wash you clean, and then ask Him to come live in your heart! And He will! Just ask my humans!

I think it's time for another nap! All this story telling is making me tired! Just know that Jesus loves you and wants to wash you clean from all your dirt! And while I know that the dirt outside in the grass can be fun and tasty, this kind of dirt will only make you sad.....so please let Him wash you! love, Lucy