He came a few days late, but MY BABY IS HERE! He has all his little fingers and toes, is perfectly angelic when he sleeps and wicked when he cries. I donÂ’t want to get into the gross details of how the delivery went, but I do want to say that I was blessed with [...]
One of our faithful SGA missionaries here in Manila, and a super-dedicated guy just moved fields–not quite out of the country, but just further down South. Christian will be missed here, but we all know he’s going on to bigger and better (!) things, and we pray the Lord will continue to keep Him happy [...]
Vin is off tonight on a bus to a small village in Ramnad District, where he will be the official photographer for an exciting event. This village is on the East Coast of Tamil Nadu and was one of the villages that suffered greatly after the Tsunami struck. Members of The Family International have been [...]
It’s a miracle car, I tell you. Our team has been in a bit of flux lately and the inevitable winds of change found us borrowing someone’s car for an indefinite amount of time, even though the lender was needing it in a very definite period of time. Sooo, we needed a miracle. We got [...]
Here is a video of Kaila, my daughter, reciting her poem about ‘three little crocodiles’. We have been going on a ‘phonics push’ and they were learning the sound ‘c’. This interesting little poem was part of their curriculum too. Three little crocodiles jumping on the bed One fell down and bonked his head Mom [...]
Our little town of Jiutepec held a festival in celebration of “The family unitâ€. Our very awesome (yet very nervous) singing group was invited to participate, and so even though they had absolutely no idea what the event, stage, sound, or anything would be like they jumped at the opportunity with their whole hearts. Thankfully [...]
…I had been hoping to get my friends and acquaintances on a steady email program that would update them on our projects as well as send them some ‘feeding reading’. I had been doing it here and there, and it was quite sporadic. Daisy (a new member of our home who came from Romania) brought [...]
I was just sitting today thinking to myself ( ok so it’s my day off and I have some time to think!) about that old saying that was about ‘walking a mile in somebody’s shoes’. I remember the year before last when I had a newborn baby I would sometimes think how much easier the [...]
I don’t know how active my blogging or my life is going to be these next weeks, as I am literally about to pop. Wish me luck! Someone asked for photos, so here you go! Follow the link.
It’s been a new learning experience for me to live in a situation with other families and children while also having my own. I guess I always did live with kids, but having my own now is quite a different story and life takes a different turn. We now have 3 toddlers at the age [...]