It is weird now that we have been here for a little over 2 months. The feeling that we're just on vacation has worn off but this doesn't quite feel like home yet. We're kind of suspended somewhere between the two. But the transition is still going well, all things considered.
Our life in a nutshell is pretty busy as we are getting into new routines. Tony is putting a lot of time and energy to work right now, which is great but also hard on him because he's away quite a bit. The Lord is doing some amazing things though and His testimony is keeping us going through the tough times of no daddy home and new life to get used to.
Sean, Erin & I started BSF last month and wow! I am so thankful it has finally worked out to do so. We are all learning so much right now and making some friends also. Homeschooling is gaining momentum and Sean is also taking Chinese classes from a school next door.
A couple of weeks ago we visited an amazing foster home called New Day (I talked about it a bit in our last e-mail update) that we are hoping to do more work with in the future.
Part of Tony's team came for the visit.
Sean & Erin had a fun time playing with the kids.
All of the children at New Day have some sort of heart problem or other birth defect, many of them have had one or more surgeries in their short life so far.
New Day Creations Formula Project
This project is something that we are beginning to help with and will see where the Lord leads from there. It is an incredible ministry that is saving the lives of many infants living in orphanages who don't have access to healthy formula. Babies are starving on diets consisting of water, rice powder and cow's milk and New Hope provides the enrolled little ones with formula supply and monthly monitoring to ensure they're thriving. Anyway, it's really amazing. Anyone can help and if God lays this on your heart it's very easy to donate to.
Now we're settling in for an extremely cold week (it's way below freezing with wind-chill) and prepping for Christmas. This will probably be our only year away from family, so we're experiment with trying to make it as stress-free and non-material as possible. We'll see how it goes. We did get a few gifts today though, it's hard to shake that pull!
Merry early-Christmas everyone!!
Now we're settling in for an extremely cold week (it's way below freezing with wind-chill) and prepping for Christmas. This will probably be our only year away from family, so we're experiment with trying to make it as stress-free and non-material as possible. We'll see how it goes. We did get a few gifts today though, it's hard to shake that pull!
Merry early-Christmas everyone!!
2 comments:
Merry Christmas to you and yours! I hope that you guys have a wonderful time together and that the girls over here are doing well.
Thanks for this update. What a beautiful outreach. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Continuing to intercede for you!
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