Language. With such a large language barrier, it’s so comforting that they have each other. They get along amazingly well for being in such a potentially awkward situation. They are also translating for each other. Sometime one understands and visa versa. Fashion and bargaining. We went out shopping last night. Kayla played fashionista for John,...
It’s been a whirlwind of a 24 hours. We received a call yesterday morning that we needed to be in Ethiopia in time to appear in court Friday morning. That meant pushing our departure up by 3 days. We rushed around yesterday getting papers notarized, starting to pack, and gathering donations ministry friends. Because of...
5/14/11: Pre-app submitted 5/18/11: Application submitted 5/26/11: Acceptance into program 6/14/11: Orientation/1st home study visit 9/26/11: Assigned a home study social worker 10/8/11: 2nd home study visit 10/22/11: 3rd home study visit 11/8/11: Final home study visit 12/8/11: Home study approved 12/22/11: I600 received at processing center 1/26/11: Biometrics appointment 2/4/12: I-171H Provisional Approval 2/24/12:...
VeggieTales is at it again! On August 14th, they will release The Penniless Princess—God’s Little Girl which is the heart-warming story based on the classic children’s book A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Sweet Sarah Crew has everything a little girl could want – a loving family, lots of friends and a closet full of...
The tickets are bought and Embassy appointments made. We leave to bring Kayla and John home on Saturday, August 18th! We had a generous donor offer a matching grant of $2000 to help us financially on this final leg of our journey. If you’d like to serve us in this way, you can donate here....
aka…shopping online. If you know me, you know I hate dragging three kids shopping and am queen of online shopping deals. My dad calls it the “package of the day” club. Guess who’s joining the eCommerce world? P&G. I have to admit I’m normally not a name brand shopper (unless there are great deals). However,...
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
My mom’s kitchen basically backs up to ours. She has an awesome pantry. I think I’m so jealous because I don’t have one at all. While we keep most of our food separate, we have a take-what-you-need-when-you-need-it policy. Whenever I need something in her pantry, it drives me crazy. First of all, I’m not tall...