I am blessed, aren’t I?
It’s good for me to remind myself of what really is important in life.
Update from the last post:
The power is still off. And in talking to the power company yesterday, it doesn’t look incredibly hopeful that we will see it very soon. The transformer for our neighborhood seems to be un-fixable and the power company doesn’t have money to replace it. We are discussing options like buying a generator or moving out early [instead of March, which was our original plan, since renovations need to be done on the house]. We are in conversation with our landlord. The truth is that no matter how much we work on our attitude about this situation, if it’s going to be long-term, we have to do something about it. We can’t do our ministry this way, and we can’t function as a family when Gil can’t sleep at home! We’re not living a simple, slow-paced village life where we are able to get by without electricity. Our life and ministry depends on it–much like it would if we were living in the States. So we would appreciate your prayers, that God would show us the right course of action–while still granting us joy and perseverance as well!
Daddy decided to make her a pinata for her birthday party. She was a little scared of it at first…”Put it away so it can’t see me!” but thankfully she was okay with it on the day of her party.
She had been practicing this moment–blowing out the candles on her birthday cake–for probably about six months.
Picture 1: Fun!
Picture 2: Ow!
Picture 3: Hey…..
And Ethan finally broke open the robot….
We also took Grace and her favorite friend McKayla out to lunch for her birthday. We went to ‘MerryBrowns’–a brand spanking new fast food place [a chain from Malaysia, of all places] that actually looks and feels like a real fast food restaurant. In the States I normally despise fast food, but I have to say that MerryBrowns is pretty exciting….especially the kids’ play ground!
Thanks, Bibi!
Thanks, Grandma!
Christmas means…Flame Trees! Affectionately known as ‘Christmas Trees’ because they come into bloom around Christmas time.
Christmas means….pineapple season! Truckloads of them, piles of them for sale all over the city. This one cost about $1.25.
Christmas morning
The maracas came in at a close second to the balls.
Christmas afternoon/evening. We had a great day with friends!
Grace pulling Ingrid and Josiah, thanks to Daddy’s ingenuity.
Yesterday we wanted to go to the pool, but the hotel raised the prices for the holidays so much that we went next door to the beach instead. Much sandier, but much cheaper.
Grace said, “Look, we are snowmen!”
Oh, and since we always receive Christmas cards all through January….let the merriment continue!
Mommy is doing a lot of really silly things at this moment.
I love this picture. She really isn’t hurting him. He just did not want to be there.
Little Miss Photogenic
Youth Group Christmas Party.
Divin’
Flippin’ with Daddy
Don’t you wish you had a Daddy like this?
Exuberant Cheerleaders
Flying barrettes