It has been a season of change for our family. God is growing a baby to join our family, we're moving to a different house (to better accomodate a baby), and the kids started school. The Lord has given us clarity in sometimes uncertain circumstances and He has used other people to encourage us and share their wisdom. Women are growing in the Lord through Bible study, and our group is growing! Our church recently celebrated it's first birthday, and slowly, people are coming.
Let me recap our summer (we homeschooled through most of it, but here's the fun stuff).
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Even though we're in Asia, we still celebrate the 4th of July. We played games
and attempted to make our favorite American foods. Check out
the cake my friend made!
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| Check out Max's cross-handed feeding of these piglets. |
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| For the month of July we met in homes for church. I really loved this time of fellowship over food in homes. Simple and beautiful worship together. |
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| He falls asleep for most naps looking at this Thai picture dictrionary. |
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| Each week have a special day where we check to see how big the baby has grown. The website usually compares the size to a fruit or vegetable. Sometimes they see the same produce at the store and smile. |
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| No one wants to find a scorpion in the dark after Bible study while all the ladies are getting their shoes on outside! But, my friend saved the day and killed it. It was big, y'all! Praise God no one was hurt. |
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| Callie had a birthday and we planned a Spy Academy for her and her friends. |
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| She's getting taller! Fun story: I bougth this shirt on clearance when we were stateside and tucked it away because it was big. Well, the day before her birthday party I came across it in her closet. The theme of her party was a special fox being taken from Spy Academy and her detective friends needed to find and solve clues to find her. This shirt has a fox and says something like "clever genius". If you know me, you know I love themes, so have to have a shirt for such a party just made me feel loved by the Lord. He gives even the simplest gifts that seem silly to others. |
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| This is a typical snack at our Bible study. The women bring fruits from their gardens or the market and we all share. I usually bake something, but they always prefer fruit to sweets. |
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| This was a day of uniform shopping for school. Could we find a khaki skort anywhere in the city to fit Callie? No, no we did not. We ordered it from China. |
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| And this little guy turned 5. He still loves all things dinosaurs. |
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| Halfway through grocery shopping we found this in our cart..assumed it was dead, until it moved. It kept to its corner, so we just left it alone until check-out and showed the cashier. She freaked out and called a manager, who called a janitor, who killed it, but not before it scurried across the floor to attempt escape. |
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| Ken teaching a group at church. "I am the vine.." |
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| This kid doesn't like too many pics taken or shared, but here is one with Oscar. Remember a year ago when we got him and he fit in Jack's hand?!  |
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| Pregnant me. Not the best picture, but oh well. Baby seems healthy! |
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| This is our church. Ken is up there preaching. |
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| First day of school. I didn't cry (I spent part of my summer doing that). They are all doing well in school so far. I'm thankful God has provided a place to have other people speak into their lives and live out the Gospel in front of them. |
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| Our birthdays! They are a day apart, so we spent a few days eating cake. PRAYER REQUESTS:
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