Baptism

These are a few photos of a Baptism of two of the people in the church that we attend. We had to go to a neighboring town to Baptize them because their is not a place for them to do it here. It is very hard for people in this culture to submit to Baptism because of the pressure from their families. They view Baptism as a denouncement of the Catholic faith. Some families have disowned their own family over this. These people have been saved for some time but finally are taking that leap of faith. It was such a blessing to see and we had a wonderful day of worship and fellowship with these fellow believers.

Cool things at the mall

A week ago we went to the mall one Sat. and to our surprise they were having some things going on. I took some pictures of them. There was a sand sculpture and a sand pit for kids to play in and a man carving an ice sculpture to the music of AD DC. The music would get faster, he would get faster. The kids thought that this was really cool because he had a chain saw and it was loud. This coming week there will be a festival down town that we will go to. It has booths set up with people selling things and food. It should be fun.

Tuesday

Okay so I am a little behind on my posting, so shoot me LOL. I had a wonderful day Tuesday. I for the first time got to go to a missionaries ladies prayer meeting. There were seven of us and we had a wonderful time talking and praying together. It really uplifted my spirits. I have met some wonderful ladies that I am sure will become great friends. We are quit an international group. There is a German single missionary, who was hosting us by the way name Judith but pronounced Udith, a Russian lady whose husband is American, an Australian lady, who just got back a few weeks ago from a six month furlough, a German summer intern who is originally from Russia but moved to Germany when she was seven, and finally me and Joan are American and Baptist. It was so wonderful to talk with these ladies because they have the same experiences that I do although they have all been here at least for two or three year all the way up to 9 years I think. I wanted to share my wonderful experience with you so these ladies were gracious enough to let me take their picture although they wanted to hide from the camera, I wonder why we women do that? Have a great Sunday everyone.

Pictures

I thought that you would want to see some pictures of our last week. I have become camera happy over here. Jon calls me his little Chinese woman because I am always sticking a camera in their faces. Hayden is usually in every picture but for some reason this week he is not. He must have been outside playing.

Cherries!!!

Cherries, cherries everywhere, so many cherries so many to spare!!!! We have several cherry trees in our yard, yummy. We have two sour cherry trees and three sweet ones. The sour cherries are what we use in pies and things like that. This past Sat. it was going to rain again and knock all of the ripe cherries off the tree so Jon got a ladder and picked some cherries. I had to find out what to do with them so, I went on the internet to find a recipe for homemade cherry pie and cherry pie filling. I found what I was looking for and went off to create my newest creation in the kitchen. I pitted the cherries, then cooked them, added sugar and gelatin to thicken it. Yummy pie filling was my finished product, I didnt have time that day to make the pie so I put them in the fridge and on another day I made my pie crust, which was surprisingly easy. It turned our great and I had some dough left over so Logan played with it like playdough. That gave me another idea for another day Ha Ha. I put my pie together and baked it and it turned out great!!! The next day I made the kids homemade playdough and Logan had a blast with it. I never knew how much I would enjoy cooking!!! Really, I used to hate it but I really enjoy making wonderful things for my family to eat.

My Husband

My husband, the Father of my children! How can I express how grateful I am to God for bringing us together to create a family. There are not enough hallmark cards or even homemade ones, which he got this year (4 of them), to say what you mean to me. Our kids could not design a better dad. I am so glad that you are passing on your wisdom to them and our faith. You are a wonderful leader of our home. Thank you so much for your countless sacrifices that you have made, for playing games you hate just to be with the family, for reading the Bible to our family even when they can not sit still. Thank you for the example you are to them. I hope that our sons will grow up to be a father just like you. I love you sweetheart. I hope that you have a wonderful day today. Love, Amanda

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This is the card I made for him!