Gardening

June 4, 2010 - Posted by pearsonsprogress- 7 Comments

I’m very encouraged by my little efforts with my garden. Again, I only have a small patch of land in the back yard, but I’m determined



Oranges

January 20, 2010 - Posted by pearsonsprogress- 0 Comments

Amazon.com Widgets Well, here we are in the village, and the day we came in, our neighbor came with this bag of oranges from her tree. Boy, the way the Lord provides is just wonderful! Now I’m in the process of looking for recipes that make  use of them. Here are a few recipes that [...]



Our Thanksgiving

November 26, 2009 - Posted by pearsonsprogress- 4 Comments

We scrimped and saved for this meal to share with our friends and it was worth it! Here are some photos below. It was an American Thanksgiving with a few splashes of Spain added. 15 of our best-est Spanish & Brazilian buddies came to the house.



Village blessings

September 14, 2009 - Posted by pearsonsprogress- 1 Comment

John and I arrived Friday afternoon to begin our work with Domingo in the book of Hebrews. I had so many leftovers that we’ve been eating those almost exclusively except for our new Friday night ritual of a NEW pasta dish (see postings below for recipes). By Saturday I had used all my lettuce  and [...]



Granddaughter Evangeline

June 16, 2009 - Posted by pearsonsprogress- 3 Comments

Our #21 grandchild. We are so thankful for her and the opportunity to go to France to see her. Please click on the photo to enlarge it and we’d love to hear your comments.



Our Annual Church Retreat

June 16, 2009 - Posted by pearsonsprogress- 0 Comments

We struggled with wanting to attend this year and the price to go but were sure glad we did! This retreat was our best yet and John and I had a great time. Here are some photos of our 3 day retreat in Yerbena, Spain… close to Toledo. Please click on the photo for a [...]



Fava Beans

May 22, 2009 - Posted by pearsonsprogress- 1 Comment

Here are the results of my efforts: 1st planting                       2nd planting                   harvested beans                 cooked beans with ham



Blessings Continue

March 17, 2009 - Posted by pearsonsprogress- 1 Comment

Blessings for this week are: Tuesday March 10th, 2009- Our friends brought us 4 huge croissants to eat with our breakfast A friend emailed asking if we needed any vegetable seeds…thank you Angie!! A family of 4 in Northern Spain will come and use our guesthouse for 5 days in April! It’s a welcome blessing [...]



Photos of our family

March 9, 2009 - Posted by pearsonsprogress- 6 Comments

Here are some more photos of the recent visit from Greg, Abigail and Preston. Jesseka and 2 year old William stayed home in Chicago. Please click on the photo to enlarge it. We are very thankful to the Lord for the blessings of family.



I feel the need to count my blessings

March 9, 2009 - Posted by pearsonsprogress- 4 Comments

Well, John came home today (Friday the 6th) from the bank, saying that our Spanish bank just made a new rule to hold our checks 1 month from now on. It used to be a week then 2, 3 and now 4 weeks. The process goes like this: we get our deposit each month on [...]