Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Sequel to Smiles And Snuggles

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      We decided to take a quick trip up to St. Louis to see Steven, Bekah, and Danny Boy!  We left Thursday afternoon and came back Sunday.                                                                                                   






Danny Boy playing with the car and boat that Uncle Andrew gave him for his birthday.

Going shopping!  Danny loves playing with straws.
Looking at his aunts.
Kissing Mommy's feet!  Silly boy!
Spending time together on Saturday.  We're all on our own device!
We played Rummy, Settlers of Caton, and scrabble  in the afternoon and evening.
His new discovery!
Heading home.  Sniff, sniff!
This is the Canadian River in OK.  It looked more like a huge lake!
Back home again!  It was a short but wonderful trip!





From: Rachel

Monday, June 23, 2014

Smiles and Snuggles


From the St. Louis Edition:

Mom and Rach came for a short visit!  It was much to short but I'm glad they could come at all!


So happy to see Aunt Rachel...

...and Grammie!

 Danny loves piggyback rides!


Aunt Rachel is showing him something funny!  

Danny figured out how to climb on top of the cooler!  Now he can reach greater heights of achievements! 


We are so glad y'all came to visit, Mom and Rach!  Love y'all!

    This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.  Psalm 118:24




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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

                             A Tour and Little Details of Life


This is the front door.
You walk into a little room that is the office/greeting room.  From there you go into a
large room that I don't have a picture of, but the staff eat in there.  

This is our room.


Closets


The dining room for the children.


Then we go upstairs or upside as it is called hear.


This room was emptied for VBS, but it is usually filled with bunk beds.  The room has an
 extension behind where the picture is being taken.  Also, this is how we mop the floors here. 
 It's somuch fun!  First, you fill buckets of water.  Then you throw it all over the floor.  Then you squeegee it dry.  It's so quick and easy!


This is the children's dressing room.


Mopping is a team effort.  Everybody joins in.

This is the Staff's room.

Not infrequently we have what they call current cuts, which is power cut.  They seem to happen most at dinner time when it is dark.  It can be very challenging.  Here we are eating by candle light.



The heat does not bother Faith and I at all except at night when the current is cut.  So we started to do what all the other girls do and sleep on the roof.  The call it the terrace here. :)  It is quite fun, but I paid for it the next day because I did not think of one thing:



Mosquitoes


I was very much eaten by them that night.  So the next night the girls made sure I remembered to put repellent on.  They are so thoughtful for our comfort.


 One of our favorite times of the day is tea time.  We all sit together, talk, and enjoy our chai.  Chai is the best tea you will ever have. ;)  So good...But better still is the company.


Quiet evening chats are so much fun!


Delicious Chai


From 10:30 to noon is study hour.  It is Faith's and my job to conduct this time.


Look you can turn your outlets on and off.  I thought that was really neat beside the fact that they look so funny.




Faith and I were able to read letters from BOH children to their sponsors.  That was really neat, especially as I read SOOOO many letters from sponsors to children.  It was fun to be on the other side of letters.


So that's a tour of our home and a few little details of life here. 

      "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.    Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.     Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.    Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.    For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations."  Psalm 100



God bless you!  We love y'all and miss y'all!  
                          Esther





Monday, June 2, 2014

One Year Old


From the St Louis Edition

Danny is one year old!  I can't believe how fast time has flown by!  He has grown and changed so much!  He's a little quirk ball and a joy bug!










Happy 1st Birthday, Danny boy!

"The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.  Numbers 6:24-26




Brought to you by: Rebekah Benner