Aug. 11-21– Andy went to Johannesburg
The Report: The conference was informative, but we are not
sure yet if we can incorporate it in our work at this time.
The allergy testing showed
that we need to get rid of all dust in our house and we need to get rid of our
cat!? Okay, we don’t have a cat and we
can’t get rid of all the dust here in Tana since there is a lot of dust in this
city so…Please pray that things get better after we move from our moldy house! Andy is now on 3 allergy meds and we are
going to try a new form of allergy shot in November.
Aug.24-27—Zoey was very sick
with a bacterial infection.
The Report: BUT God
was so good and faithful to us!!! He
provided her with a well trained Malagasy doctor, Harena, (which is very hard
to come by here) and we were able to share the gospel (at least in part) with
her and give her a Malagasy tract.
Please pray for her to be convicted of her sins and her need for a
Savior.
End of Aug.—We have a new
house!!
The Report: We don’t have a firm move in date, but we are so
excited to have a house that is not green.J
Sept. 3—Eli started the “big”
French school.
The Report: We had a
rocky first day, but the rest of the week was great!! We are so proud of Eli for being brave and
working hard though he still doesn’t understand a lot of what the teacher
says. God is so faithful!
Sept. 3—Zoey starts home-school
with her beloved mommy! J
The Report: She did
well for the first 2 days or so but then became kind of bored with me telling
her what she had to do all the time. Then
she informed me that she didn’t like home-school or me as her teacher. I have to appreciate her honesty (because
that’s what we ask them for, right?), but I am still hopeful that we will be
good friends some day! J
Lately—Allie’s cuteness
never stops. Bare with me as I share
with you the joys we are experiencing with our youngest.
The Report: She makes
us laugh all the time. She is practicing
sitting on the potty, she loves to give multiple hugs each day to our house
helper, Zo, (her best friend), she growls at people to make them laugh, she has
learned how to pretend to tuck the big kids in for bed, she pretends to read
books (but thinks all of them start with “Row, Row, Row” (from “Row, Row, Row
your boat), she loves to eat all the time and has learned how to pretend to eat
her toy foods J, she loves sitting in the big kid’s seats and
coloring with crayons, she is starting to say several more words and she loves to
take care of her baby dolls.
Sept. 15-20th—potential
time we will be moving.
The Report: We are in
NO WAY ready to move, (get away from the mold?—absolutely!!) but we have yet to
get our things packed completely. I
think we have got this under control because we have done this just a few times
beforeJ, so we should be pros by now. Thankfully, we are moving to a house that is
not very far away, so we can take trips if we need to. Please pray for this
time to not be too stressful and for us to do whatever is needed to get it done
when it needs to be done. We know God is
faithful, but we do appreciate your prayers for this!
Last week of September--Andy is going to the bush.
The Report: Andy is heading out to the bush with our supervisor, Jeremy, to do the next step in research of one of our people groups! Please be in prayer for this time; that there would not be any problems with the road, Andy's car, and that we would all be in good health!
