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A Month of Joys and Challenges

We have been in Georgia this past month with a team of bible teachers. We had very little internet access so that is why we haven’t updated this blog in a long time. Please forgive us. The picture to the left is a team dinner we had to celebrate Harald and Marjo’s 10th anniversary.

Joys: Our team included our co-leader Valya, Luba and a family (Harald, Marjo and their two kids Micah (5) and Grace (3). Our kids had lots of fun with their kids. Teaching in two different churches every week meant much more of an impact than a short seminar. The Georgia Ywam team was hospitable and fun. A park close by that our kids loved to play at. Lots of prayer, coffee (and tea), helping with teaching, and lots of sleep at night.

Challenges: Difficult to set up lots of teaching opportunities because it was the first time we had been there. We lived in a small apartment with 6 adults, 4 young children and a 75 year old Grandma who wanted us to keep her apartment perfect (good luck with 4 kids!). No hot water for half of the month. Very little internet. The challenge of raising kids in that kind of environment. Plus to top it off, Angela was very tired (due to the pregnancy) for most of the month.

Thank you for praying for us. Our team has gone on to Armenia and we have come home to Kyiv to get ready to welcome the 4 teams back for debriefing. We have big plans for this month, please see our post in a few days from now for some prayer requests.

 

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Talking, Talking, Talking

It is hard to believe that during this past month in Georgia he has learned an enormous amount of words. Please, Thank you (in French, English and Russian), Sorry, Careful, Airplane, Train…pretty much anything you ask him to repeat he will learn. The ability of a child to learn languages is amazing! He has also hit his independent streak so he completely refuses help to eat, until he gets to the very end and then he says ‘help…please!’ This means a great big mess every meal, but it is all a part of growing up! Sometimes he poops at night so he wakes up saying ‘Daddy, Mommy, Poop…Yucky…Stinky….Poop!’ Until we come and get him out of his bed. Ben and I had the great idea to cut Jay’s hair ourselves, we should have learned from Cassie that this is definitely not a talent we have (as you can see from this photo!)