Holland 3, Australia 2; Chile 2, Spain 0; Croatia 4, Cameroon 0

Yesterday, three interesting games. … The Australians played valiantly against the Dutch, and briefly led, but eventually succumbed. … The Spanish were slow and imprecise; the Chileans, without difficulty, eliminated them. … Alex Song of Cameroon was red-carded for a vicious elbow-foul. His teammates were then humiliated by Croatia; toward the end, they headbutted one another.

We hosted Community Dinner for the church. The humans all enjoyed themselves, but Bianca was frightened by the children; she hid all night with Mary & Martin, in their bedroom. Even now, she twitches at the slightest noise. All of us are heart-wrenched.