We all wanted to say "Happy Birthday to You!" Hope today is a special day for you. Enjoy the song. We love you very much!

A New Year's Message from the Kids

After 3 days of falling snow, we were walking in a winter wonderland! By New Year's Day, with the drifted snow, some areas of our yard were well over a foot deep in snow. We all had so much fun playing in it! The tricky part was trying to keep warm in our house with no power during the day and a leaking radiator that keeps our house warm not working.

Snow, Snow, and More Snow!

Merry Christmas From All of Us to You!

Merry Christmas from all of us to you!

Look at my dollhouse!

I love my new Josefina doll.

I love finding presents in my stocking!

A kiss for my doll, Kit!


The year of the Lego...I even got some lego keychains!

"I wonder what this could be?"


Showing off her nickname!

Christmas Song from our Home to Yours

May you be blessed this season with His Love and Grace as you celebrate Emmanuel, God With Us!

New Christmas Pajamas from America!

The children were so excited to get their new Christmas pj's from Nana and Popa, along with the package full of Christmas presents! Shopping can be difficult here and the prices are extremely expensive so we are so thankful to our family in the States who will send us things we have ordered along with gifts from them. Millie even got her a sweater.

Christmas is not celebrated here in our country but New Year's Day is celebrated so trees and decorations and Santas can be found. Almost every shopkeeper we asked did not know who's birthday we were celebrating on Christmas Day. The Western commercialism has come this way but not the true meaning of Christmas.

Thanksgiving Day...So much to be thankful for!

This Thanksgiving we celebrated with our teammates and were blessed to have a real turkey and all the fixings. Thanks to family who sent yams and pecans, karo syrup and coconut! It was a delicious meal and a blessing to be around the table with friends. This time of the year can be difficult to be away from our extended family but we have so much to be thankful for. After the huge meal, our families loaded up in two vans and drove to a nearby International School to support our boys in a basketball tournament. We are so thankful for Mr. Scott from our small school to take the time to form a team. Most of our boys have never played basketball or even learned the fundamentals of the game so this has been a huge blessing for Caleb and all the others. They have been practicing a couple days a week in our courtyard (not even a real gym) and then participated in a Winter Tournament hosted by a larger International School. The boys actually did great to be playing boys older and bigger than them. After the game, we ended our day with desserts and the children all gathered for a movie.