HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY, JULIA!

When I asked Julia what she wanted for her birthday she said she wanted to skpe with Ryan, which she got to do.

She also had lots of friends over for her doggie themed party.

Her birthday lunch meal request was chicken and rice.

Cake and candle time!

other FAMILY JULY NEWS

BABY NEWS

July 13, 2016

18 weeks.

Have baby bump.

Love seeing the baby on our weekly ultrasounds.

It’s a girl.

And we may have a name already….

CLAIRE

1 ½ years

Claire is such a talker/communicator.

She says “mama” about 1,00 times a day…sometimes it’s because she truly wants me but other times she just walks through the house chanting my name sing-song like.

She hums and sings when we travel down our bumpy dirt roads.

Favorite new words: wady (water) and Ju (juice), no my my (no night night), what?, Bubba (our neighbor girl, cuppy

She loves to call everyone to come eat. “E E E” she says.  She sings our mealtime song, ending with an emphatic “Ah-me” (amen).

She’s a morning person, waking up full of kisses, happy and talkative.

Loves to hold the animals and boss the dogs around, telling them ‘No” and “Shhhhh”, “out”, and “Get cow”.

 It’s been cold here.

Joshua had been growing like crazy.  He is now taller than I am!

 Family tradition: Donut Saturday.  It isn’t as easy as driving to Jack and Jill’s (like we did in the states) - I start on the homemade donuts the night before -  but my kids say my donuts are just as yummy.

We finally finished the homeschool year!

We miss Ryan but are so thankful for technology and the ability to text throughout the day and even skype.  He is loving his training.

SPIRITUAL LIFE CONFERENCE

We feel so blessed to serve on an incredible mission team.

"Friendship forged in the work of God's kingdom is the best kind.  The grandness of the calling superseded the small, selfish issues that abound in relationships and gives us a grace to accept each other as we are."

Sally Clarkson in Dancing with my Father

It’s not too many times that we are ALL together on the field but this one of those years!  

 Lots of kids.  Lots of fun.  Lots of games.  Lots of talents.

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.

Swedish Proverb

BAPTISM!

July 23, 2016

            Juan, one of the recently believers, came to our house and expressed an interest in being baptized.  After talking with him a bit, he decided to do it right then and there in the creek behind our house.  As we were getting ready to head down to the creek, Jeff asked if anyone from our family wanted to get baptized and Ginny immediately said, “Yes!”.

This is my story

This is my song

Praising my Savior all the day long

YOUTH CAMP

Praise God that 8 kids from our town went to the annual SIM youth camp (plus 2 of our kids) and five of those kids gave their lives to the Lord! 

We are looking forward to following up with the families in the months to come.

The Jataity group

The campers