Welcome Home!

This is "Tiquita". Her name is pronounced Tea-Key-Tah and in Spanish it means, "little Costa Rican girl". We call her "Tiqui" (Tea-Key) for short. She is the newest addition to our family from the animal shelter. We got her on Tuesday. Tiquita has replaced our dogs, Luna & Otis. We found a nice home for them on a farm where they were allowed to stay together in January. Our neighbor's husband works at night and sleeps during the day. Luna & Otis were not any different from any other dogs, they barked on occasion when someone came to the door, protecting their house and the kids. However, our neighbor's wife would not stop complaining about the occasional barking from our dogs, though her sister next door has four dogs who wake us up at night, every night. We decided to take the "upper road" and find a home for the dogs since we are the "visitors" in this culture much to our neighbor's delight, but sadly for our kids. We took Tuesday OFF from ministry since our weekends are booked here at the camp until mid-August, and we ventured out to the pet shelter. Heather was designated ahead of time to pick the perfect kitty which we think that she did! Tiquita is two months old and much to our surprise had already been "fixed" that morning when we found her. Ken thinks they operate on the animals so early just to hopefully find homes for them. Tiquita had a rough go of it on Tuesday night and Wednesday we think just because she is so young. She is doing much better now doing the "normal" kitty kinds of things, hiding behind furniture and jumping out at us, running through the house as if something is after her. She is recovering well and she is a sweet girl. The kids are enjoying having a "pet" of their own! Welcome home, our barkless friend!