Long Time, No Blog

I haven't been blogging in almost a month. We are all setttled into our new house in Moshono, and are loving the house. Our cat, Romeo, ran off for the first week but found his way home finally. The girls were happy to see him again. School picked up again after a week's break for the move, and we are going full speed. From now until the end of Sept, we will even be having school on Saturdays to make up for lost time. We'll finish 2nd grade/ Pre-K the last week of Sept, and start with 3rd grade/Kindergarten on Oct. 4th. Our "summer vacation" was a month off while the Eastview Group was here in July.

School is going MUCH better with Katrina, for those who are wondering. She has been more cooperative and responsive in school, and has even been reading books, and writing outside of school-time, a good sign I think. We decided to take a break from Audiblox (the reversal program) until 3rd grade, because it took so much mental effort for her that she was exhausted by the time school started.

Thanks to my parents, Katrina and Heather are joining Girl Scouts this fall! I am so excited; I loved being a part of Girl Scouts. I was excited to find out that my Girl Scout Council offers Postal Express Girl Scouts or, PEGS for short, which is Girl Scouting long distance! That is the perfect solution for missionaries over seas! So, I will be their "troop leader" unoffically, holding troop meetings and helping them earn badges. I think its going to be alot of fun.

On another note, we have another team coming in Sept from Rochester Christian Church, lead by our mission director for ACM, David Upchurch. He is bringing 3 lady nurses who will do some health teaching here for a little over a week. We are excited to be having guests again!

Well, I had alot of catching up to do!!

P.S. The picture above of the kids-- they are wearing new clothes from Kevin and Carla Short... thanks guys!

We are moving again!

We are moving house again, back to Moshono. We're much closer to Moshono Christian Church. The house has 4 bedrooms, a BATHTUB (yeah!), it's own well. We'll be saving around $200 a month on this house, since it is a little bit out of town. Just call it our Pink House... the girls dream house!

Pictures of Prosper and Sophie's wedding

Prosper and Sophie got married at Moshono Christian Church last Sunday (May 30th). The wedding was beautiful, click on the link below to see some pictures of it.
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Jonathan walking

I know I already uploaded a video of Jonathan walking, but this time he's taking so many steps! Jonathan is walking all over now, even all the way across the room without stopping. I am just so excited to see Jonathan walking with or without his prosthetic foot... so happy that he isn't being inhibited in his walking because of his small foot. God is good!

Unexpected tooth

Jonathan got a tooth today, and we didn't even know he was teething... and it looks like a molar! Wierd... Sorry for the wierd expression, it's hard getting a picture of a tooth that far back!

Doing better...

Bless, Billy! He had a wonderful idea for school and for the past two days, school has been MUCH nicer. He thought that each subject should have a definate time limit, and that when that time came, I should move on the the next subject instead of just continuing on indefinatly. School had been going on to 3 or 4pm, and Katrina's behaviour and attitude digressed during the course of the day. I was excited at the thought of finishing school by 1pm everyday, regardless of whether Katrina was "on-task" that day or not. So, I decided to give it a try.
We wanted to help motivate Katrina, so when we told her our new plan, we added that she could earn 5 minutes of time on her video game for each subject that she DID finish within the time allowed (30 minutes per subject). That put the pressure on her, and off of me to speed up the pace of school.
And it worked!! Praise God, it worked. She now is eager and excited to complete each subject and keeps asking, "How much time do I have left to finish Math/Writing/Reading/etc.?" I am amazed at how much she has been able to get on task.
She still gets distracted, but seems to be trying to get herself back on task alot more.
Thank you, Jesus!

Feeling sick

Today, I am feeling sick. I have a headache, and have felt sick to my stomach all day. It feels like someone is stabbing my stomach with knife and twisting it. I tried to do school, and we got through math and phonics before I gave up and crashed. I didn't eat anything until 4pm, then I had a dry piece of toast. That did okay, so I'm going to try some chicken soup for dinner.
Somehow, feeling sick makes me feel homesick. Today, I am missing my family. It's only been 3 months since I've seen them, but it feels long today.