April 2006 Sunday, April 30, 2006
Easter in the Jungle
Mackenzie's old-fashioned easter egg dye
Jim/Grampa baptizing
Baptism in the oceanEaster morning April 2006
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Luke's one year check up!
Luke is in the 75th percentile for height (he is tall).
Luke is in the 35th percentile for weight (he is skinny).
Luke's head is lower than the bottom line (his head is super tiny).
The doctor is accustomed to seeing Latin/dark children
so when he said "he looks a little pale!" we all laughed.
Turns out he was pale. He is anemic. Whatever that means.
He got some iron vitamins and is otherwise doing great.
No paracites (jungle hazzards :) )
Growing well.
He got two shots and only cried a little.
We got a good report. Praise the Lord.
April 2006
Saturday, April 15, 2006
More Prayers Please
Dear Everyone,
Granny will be home in less than 1 week!
Praise the Lord.
Mackenzie might start growing hair on that one side again.
The grandparents have about 10 weeks before "stateside assignment".
We also have scheduled 12 teams during those 10 weeks.
Yes, some weeks are double and some weeks are "free".
We will be needing your prayers as we approach this HUGE transition in our lives.
This change will be felt greatly by all.
Thank you for your prayers.
April 2006
Luke' vocabulary
I know this is just the beginning.
Luke has been making sounds that are similar to words.
First came "O" for Oklahoma, our dog.
He even snaps his fingers to call the dog!
How cute.
"Au" for Outside.
"awl du" for All Done, with the wave of the hands in the air.
Just his arms straight in the air for Amen! after we pray.
He has his own special word for "let me drive the car"
but we can't figure out what the word is.
"ive" for drive maybe.
I think I even heard a slight "bye" today.
"da" means everything from That to Pay attention to me.
An occasional "ma" but still indescriminant.
Mostly they are just sounds.
Others might not be able to "hear" the word resemblance.
So I can't really call them "first words" yet.
Mackenzie's first word was very clearly "shoes" with shoes in hand.
How old was she? I wrote it down somewhere!
Luke is still trying really hard to walk but nothing yet.
We will keep you posted.
April 2006
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Luke is 1 year old!
We picked up Luke's Aunt Brittney and his cousin Isaiah
the night before the big day!
We celebrated just a little at TGIFridays in Managua
on Luke's actual birthday.
Then we had a real party later with cake and balloons at home.
I can't believe my baby is 1 year old!
Time flies fast when you are having fun.
Cherish every moment!
Thank you God for my two precious babies.
April 4, 2006
TGIFriday's in Managua, Nicaragua
Amo a mi hermana mayor bib
He sure does love his big sister
Guayavera from Dona Mari
Chocolate Cake?!
NO, I'd rather have the steak and baked potatoes, Thank you
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Jungle/Beach Girl
Grampa's hat makes a perfect outfit!Back door of our hotel room
(yes, that is sand on the doorstep)
Corn Island
March 2006
A Peaceful Moment
The view from our hotel restaurant.The restaurant was out on a dock in the ocean.
Mackenzie and Grampa
Corn Island
March 2006
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Another New Cousin!
Coralyn Rebekah HappelBorn on March 31, 2006
at 5:58PM.
8 lbs 6 oz
19 inches
Baby and Mom are doing very well!!
Baby and Mom are doing very well!!
Praise the Lord!
Yep, Chris delivered her.
How cool!
Friday, March 31, 2006
Simplicity
Mackenzie was sitting on my lap in a tiny 12 passenger plane.
I had a sunburn on my chest.
She leaned over, snuggled into my chest.
She was muttering something.
I said: "Sweetie, what ARE you doing?"
She said with the duh expression:
"I am singing to God in your heart!"
How can you say no to that?
March 2006
Corn Island Miskito Church
Mackenzie, My social butterfly.She loves people, what a blessing.
March 2006
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Corn Island
We tagged along with Clint and his mother on vacation
and Jim and Loyd on business.
We went to Corn Island off the coast of Nicaragua.
It was quite a trip. Luke and Mackenzie did great.
Luke slept in a little tent in our hotel room.
It was like having his own little room with a built-in mosquito net!
They both loved the sand and the water.
I know some of the pictures look surreal. But believe me, I was really there.
We took two (tiny) planes to get there, Puerto Cabezas to Bluefields to Corn Island.
Well, that was fun but....
We took three (tiny) planes to get HOME, Corn Island, Bluefields, Managua, Puerto Cabezas.
Why not a direct route?
This is latin america, they don't know the meaning of direct anything.
It was a great trip.
You should come visit.
March 25th, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
Strike?!
Don't worry, it is over!
Once again we have had a total separation from the rest of the world by way of a strike.
On Tuesday March 14, Jeremy had to go into Managua for the day.
About mid afternoon, our faithful "guy" came in the office to say that a political party was not satisfied in the March 5th election and had "Taken Over" the ferry at the Wawa-boom river.
We kept Dan Titus and his daughter Megan here for a few days. (they were getting ready to leave to drive back to Rosita right then).
Jeremy came home from Managua that afternoon.
Wednesday morning we heard the great news that the airport was closed and the strikers had taken over the gates.
The strike did not affect us personally. It was just the transportation that leads to the real world that was closed. Prices for things, especially veggies, were increased greatly since NO buses, trucks or planes could get here.
Praise the Lord we sent the Titus' out. Someone drove them to the river, they paid a guy to ferry them and their backpacks across the river in a tiny dug-out canoe, a Pipante. And they caught a bus (who was stuck on that side) back to their home in Rosita. What an adventure!
Praise the Lord the strike ended this Monday morning. Before we had to change Allison's flight to another date.
Praise the Lord Jeremy made it back from Managua before he was stuck there for a week!!
Praise the Lord we were not afraid and had no need to be.
Praise the Lord we had all we needed and were not in want. God's hand is mighty.
Praise the Lord the Electricity was not affected.
Oh, yeah, the political party that took over.... was of the same party that is currently the Mayor of Puerto Cabezas. Like SHE was going to send her police after her OWN political party?!?!
Well, it is over now.
Praise the Lord.
What? TOO many adventures for one week? More fun later.
Please do email us if you get a chance.
March 20, 2006
Once again we have had a total separation from the rest of the world by way of a strike.
On Tuesday March 14, Jeremy had to go into Managua for the day.
About mid afternoon, our faithful "guy" came in the office to say that a political party was not satisfied in the March 5th election and had "Taken Over" the ferry at the Wawa-boom river.
We kept Dan Titus and his daughter Megan here for a few days. (they were getting ready to leave to drive back to Rosita right then).
Jeremy came home from Managua that afternoon.
Wednesday morning we heard the great news that the airport was closed and the strikers had taken over the gates.
The strike did not affect us personally. It was just the transportation that leads to the real world that was closed. Prices for things, especially veggies, were increased greatly since NO buses, trucks or planes could get here.
Praise the Lord we sent the Titus' out. Someone drove them to the river, they paid a guy to ferry them and their backpacks across the river in a tiny dug-out canoe, a Pipante. And they caught a bus (who was stuck on that side) back to their home in Rosita. What an adventure!
Praise the Lord the strike ended this Monday morning. Before we had to change Allison's flight to another date.
Praise the Lord Jeremy made it back from Managua before he was stuck there for a week!!
Praise the Lord we were not afraid and had no need to be.
Praise the Lord we had all we needed and were not in want. God's hand is mighty.
Praise the Lord the Electricity was not affected.
Oh, yeah, the political party that took over.... was of the same party that is currently the Mayor of Puerto Cabezas. Like SHE was going to send her police after her OWN political party?!?!
Well, it is over now.
Praise the Lord.
What? TOO many adventures for one week? More fun later.
Please do email us if you get a chance.
March 20, 2006
The 6 hour turned 24 drive!
Well, Jeremy came back from his hike into Musuwas. The "guys" did the hike out in just 3 hours. It took the "regular people" 7 hours and it was rough!
Jeremy left the team in Rosita to fly out the next day. It was only 3 pm. Jeremy, Joquel and Allison (a short-term missionary) set out for the 6 hour drive back to Puerto Cabezas. The ferry closes at 9 pm so they were OK. After 2 flat tires, they were starting to think they would not make it to the ferry before it closed. But that would not be too bad, they had tents in with the gear from their hike!
After the fourth flat tire........they put on one more tube and crawled into the HALF WAY MARK. As they crawled in the tire blew, giving them the 5th flat. They had 5 flats and only traveled 3 hours of the 6!!!!
By this time, there was NO way they were going to make it to the ferry, and there were NO tire tubes in the town they were in.
Jeremy called me at 9:30 pm on the satellite phone and asked that 1 tire and 2 tubes be sent on the bus in their direction early the next morning. I called Rafa, my only hope, and set up the deal. Jeremy stopped EVERY bus that came there way asking if they had tires from us. They had No way of knowing which bus it would be on. Yes, they did have a spare with them. They just blew too many and totally messed up one tire.
And some of you wonder why we run with tubes in our truck tires?!?!
The bus had delays of its own and Jeremy finally creeped in to Puerto Cabezas at 3 pm THE DAY AFTER HE LEFT. His 6 hour drive just took him 24 hours!
Praise the Lord there was a decent hotel-like place for them to stay.
Praise the Lord that the blowouts where not worse.
Praise the Lord we could send him tires.
Praise the Lord they had just enough money with them to stay somewhere safe AND eat a little. Praise the Lord for the adventures of a lifetime!
But please consider not giving us SO MANY?!?!?
March 10 and 11, 2006
Jeremy left the team in Rosita to fly out the next day. It was only 3 pm. Jeremy, Joquel and Allison (a short-term missionary) set out for the 6 hour drive back to Puerto Cabezas. The ferry closes at 9 pm so they were OK. After 2 flat tires, they were starting to think they would not make it to the ferry before it closed. But that would not be too bad, they had tents in with the gear from their hike!
After the fourth flat tire........they put on one more tube and crawled into the HALF WAY MARK. As they crawled in the tire blew, giving them the 5th flat. They had 5 flats and only traveled 3 hours of the 6!!!!
By this time, there was NO way they were going to make it to the ferry, and there were NO tire tubes in the town they were in.
Jeremy called me at 9:30 pm on the satellite phone and asked that 1 tire and 2 tubes be sent on the bus in their direction early the next morning. I called Rafa, my only hope, and set up the deal. Jeremy stopped EVERY bus that came there way asking if they had tires from us. They had No way of knowing which bus it would be on. Yes, they did have a spare with them. They just blew too many and totally messed up one tire.
And some of you wonder why we run with tubes in our truck tires?!?!
The bus had delays of its own and Jeremy finally creeped in to Puerto Cabezas at 3 pm THE DAY AFTER HE LEFT. His 6 hour drive just took him 24 hours!
Praise the Lord there was a decent hotel-like place for them to stay.
Praise the Lord that the blowouts where not worse.
Praise the Lord we could send him tires.
Praise the Lord they had just enough money with them to stay somewhere safe AND eat a little. Praise the Lord for the adventures of a lifetime!
But please consider not giving us SO MANY?!?!?
March 10 and 11, 2006
Friday, March 17, 2006
More Tooth!
Well, we finally have the official arrival of tooth number 5.
Top left second tooth.
It was one day of crying only.
Those top front two are getting HUGE and scary.
Luke "kisses" with his open mouth.
One day I know it will be more of a bite than a kiss.
I got so used to that gum grin with only the two bottom teeth.
It is sad to see them grow up sometimes.
Oh, but we thank GOD that they do grow up.
What an oxymoron.
We are close to the one-year mark and still nursing!
Who knew time could fly so fast.
March 17, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
FROGS!?
Today I opened the lid on my toilet to use it and
lo and behold guess what was swimming in the bowl?
Yes, a frog the size of my fist!
I closed the lid, got Mackenzie, showed her.
Ran to get some help.
The people here DO NOT touch frogs!!
Two of our guys came with sticks and a bucket.
They left saying: "let's go fry it!"
They were serious.
I am just glad it was not still in the pot!
More Life in the Jungle!
March 2006
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