We welcomed Andy back home on my birthday, great gift idea. So I'm only about 2 months behind on posting, so sorry. But with Andy's arrival also came summer and and all the fun that comes along with it. Andy is doing so well and looking so good. We see him on weekends and sometimes during the week. Just last week he went with us to the "Twilight Swim" at one of the base pools. We do allow him to have a life of his own, it is hard for us, but we are getting better, ha ha ha. I will post more pics ASAP as I don't want to get behind anymore. A few highlights/news is we are officially a FARM now. Having a dog, two cats, one indoor and one outdoor. In Japan this certainly qualifies you as a Loony Farm nonetheless. So, we try to live up to the expectations of our peers. Although, now that the dog and cat aren't out to kill each other and are very civil, life is manageable. Upon the ending of school, we immediately made a mad dash for OKUMA Resort and spent a week, just the 5 of us. Tom and I are getting old as we got up early, played in the water for a few ours, brought the kids in for food, reading, crafts, naps (us too), then out again in late afternoon for more water fun. Even at that Bethany started out as a Japanese princess, ending up looking like an Hawaiian princess all brown and beautiful. And this was with layers of sunscreen. The past few weeks have been filled with summer school for Juda and summer home school activities for Bethany along with many visits to the library for summer reading programs. Water park visits, pool visits, fireworks demo in the front yard for the 4th etc.......We continue to meet many new Japanese folks, bringing them home with us and hoping they'll come back again, ha ha ha. Oh, did I mention we will be moving in Dec. So stay tuned to the blog to here more about that. Tomoyuki is crawling and doing a great job at it, getting into the dog/cat bowls, etc....... The Ai no Kesshin Ministry is going strong and keeping us busy, just the way we like it. Pray for birthmothers that they will choose life for their babies and that if they can't raise them to please not put them in orphanages, to let us place them in christian homes. We seem to be getting so close to some mighty work here and it is exciting for us, still with lots of hard work ahead. All our children are doing quite well and are all healthy at present time, which makes for a happy household. More to come, keep watching for some pics, I'll do my best. Oh, one more thing.....we have an up and coming model/models among us, take a look at the pic again and see if you can guess who it is. Keep checking the blog for more late and breaking news.Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Welcome to Okinawa "Home" Andy
We welcomed Andy back home on my birthday, great gift idea. So I'm only about 2 months behind on posting, so sorry. But with Andy's arrival also came summer and and all the fun that comes along with it. Andy is doing so well and looking so good. We see him on weekends and sometimes during the week. Just last week he went with us to the "Twilight Swim" at one of the base pools. We do allow him to have a life of his own, it is hard for us, but we are getting better, ha ha ha. I will post more pics ASAP as I don't want to get behind anymore. A few highlights/news is we are officially a FARM now. Having a dog, two cats, one indoor and one outdoor. In Japan this certainly qualifies you as a Loony Farm nonetheless. So, we try to live up to the expectations of our peers. Although, now that the dog and cat aren't out to kill each other and are very civil, life is manageable. Upon the ending of school, we immediately made a mad dash for OKUMA Resort and spent a week, just the 5 of us. Tom and I are getting old as we got up early, played in the water for a few ours, brought the kids in for food, reading, crafts, naps (us too), then out again in late afternoon for more water fun. Even at that Bethany started out as a Japanese princess, ending up looking like an Hawaiian princess all brown and beautiful. And this was with layers of sunscreen. The past few weeks have been filled with summer school for Juda and summer home school activities for Bethany along with many visits to the library for summer reading programs. Water park visits, pool visits, fireworks demo in the front yard for the 4th etc.......We continue to meet many new Japanese folks, bringing them home with us and hoping they'll come back again, ha ha ha. Oh, did I mention we will be moving in Dec. So stay tuned to the blog to here more about that. Tomoyuki is crawling and doing a great job at it, getting into the dog/cat bowls, etc....... The Ai no Kesshin Ministry is going strong and keeping us busy, just the way we like it. Pray for birthmothers that they will choose life for their babies and that if they can't raise them to please not put them in orphanages, to let us place them in christian homes. We seem to be getting so close to some mighty work here and it is exciting for us, still with lots of hard work ahead. All our children are doing quite well and are all healthy at present time, which makes for a happy household. More to come, keep watching for some pics, I'll do my best. Oh, one more thing.....we have an up and coming model/models among us, take a look at the pic again and see if you can guess who it is. Keep checking the blog for more late and breaking news.
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