Yesterday Janna accompanied one of our friends to Singapore. She took off from Jayapura with boarding passes to Jakarta and then from then onto Singapore. While on the plane to Bali Janna thought "hey Darren always double checks things" so she did and realized that their bags were getting off at Bali. For some unknown reason the person at the Jayapura airport booked them to Jakarta and their bags to Bali. Only in Indonesia! Lucky that Janna caught that because otherwise there is a good chance that they would not have had their bags in Singapore.
But last night I got an email from Janna saying that they are there safely and TODAY is the doctors appointment. Singapore medical moves quick, unlike the western countries. So we are hoping that they will only be gone for one week. Just to make sure that everyone understands, Janna is not going to the doctor but her friend is. Janna is there to support and help out in any way that she can.
This means that the kids and I are on our own. This morning everything went great. We ate got dressed and I scrambled to get their lunches and things together. We have been without Janna now for 24hours and we are still surviving. Thanks for praying. Yesterday the kids and I had a great time relaxing and swimming at the local pool. God Bless!
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Blogging from Home
WOW it looks like we now have the ability to not only blog from the school but also from home. This should make blogging a more regular thing for our family. Thank you so much everyone for your prayers and willingness to keep us in your thoughts. Getting your emails means so much to Janna and I thank-you.
Great to be back
It is great to back up and running with this blog spot. Thanks for your feedback.
Tomorrow is fun festival for Jalen and Kaya at school and so after school they can run around and have a great time. The different classes have each set up a little booth, something like you would see at a carnival, and then the different children get to go around and try each thing out. It is a great time for the kids.
Janna has been teaching some of the local kids English on Wednesdays and yesterday the children stayed for 2 hours just wanting to color and learn english. What a great way for Janna to be involved in the local kids lives. God has been good in giving us opportunity to serve.
Lately Janna and I have been praying that God would give us the courage to use use the opportunities that He already has given us to serve Him, to talk to others about our joy, and to love others. May God bless.
Tomorrow is fun festival for Jalen and Kaya at school and so after school they can run around and have a great time. The different classes have each set up a little booth, something like you would see at a carnival, and then the different children get to go around and try each thing out. It is a great time for the kids.
Janna has been teaching some of the local kids English on Wednesdays and yesterday the children stayed for 2 hours just wanting to color and learn english. What a great way for Janna to be involved in the local kids lives. God has been good in giving us opportunity to serve.
Lately Janna and I have been praying that God would give us the courage to use use the opportunities that He already has given us to serve Him, to talk to others about our joy, and to love others. May God bless.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Wow long time...
Wow has it ever been a long time since Janna or I has written anything on this blogspot. We are happy to say that we now have a way that we are able to access it!! So once again I will try to update it regularly on things that are happening out here. Sorry about the inconvience to everyone.
School is now already 1/4 of the way done for the year and we are continuially amazed at how time is flying by. The school year is going well and the kids are loving school. Jalen is currently in grade 2 and Kaya is in Kindergarten. Kaya absolutely adores her teacher and is learning (at what we think) is an amazing rate. The teacher here has them learn a bible verse for every letter of the alphabet and so the other day Janna and I were quizzing Kaya on her memory verses. Unbelievable, my eyes could not help but water as she wizzed through all the memory verses that she has done from A - J. What a blessing to be able to have this type of education while we are trying to follow God's will in our lives.
This past sunday our pastor spoke on the parable of the talents. What a great reminder to be using what God has given us for him. Last night one of my friends came over and wanted to talk with me. He had a need which he asked me about and then we began talking about what we think our talents are and how we are using them for Him. What an amazing time of sharing and trying to encourage. He is a national guy who will be celebrating his 30 birthday in November. God use us.
School is now already 1/4 of the way done for the year and we are continuially amazed at how time is flying by. The school year is going well and the kids are loving school. Jalen is currently in grade 2 and Kaya is in Kindergarten. Kaya absolutely adores her teacher and is learning (at what we think) is an amazing rate. The teacher here has them learn a bible verse for every letter of the alphabet and so the other day Janna and I were quizzing Kaya on her memory verses. Unbelievable, my eyes could not help but water as she wizzed through all the memory verses that she has done from A - J. What a blessing to be able to have this type of education while we are trying to follow God's will in our lives.
This past sunday our pastor spoke on the parable of the talents. What a great reminder to be using what God has given us for him. Last night one of my friends came over and wanted to talk with me. He had a need which he asked me about and then we began talking about what we think our talents are and how we are using them for Him. What an amazing time of sharing and trying to encourage. He is a national guy who will be celebrating his 30 birthday in November. God use us.
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