Ellie pushing the baby doll.
The fire at the Jaanipäev
Playing games
Our stuff
The wood before the fire
Some of the food and friends.
Playing
Ellie and I
Talking, We had a great time!
Justin teaching Braeden how to throw a football.
The kids
My little princesses!
My 29th Birthday!We have been enjoying the wonderful weather here in Estonia the past few days. The sun has been shining and the temperature is finally warm enough not to need a jacket all of the time. Last night we went to celebrate Jaanipäev with some of the members of the church we have been working with. We were very grateful for the invitation to join them for their celebrations. We enjoyed the time together very much. Jaanipäev is the night where Estonians celebrate the summer solstice. They go out to a village or forested area and have big bonfires and cook out. They have music and dancing and just a good time. They usually stay out most of the night because this is the night that the sun does not set. We lasted until about 10:30pm which is good for our crew. We had a lot of fun.
We are growing more and more accustomed to things here in Estonia. God is revealing slowly but surely His wishes for us here. He is showing us more in detail what our contributions will be here and how we can be used here. We continue to pray for His guidance daily and ask that you continue to pray for Him to clearly show us His will for us here.
We are very excited for the upcoming camp that we will be doing alongside the Hope church here and the team of our friends from our home church in America. We have been working to get things in order for the upcoming event. We pray that many kids come and hear the word of God. We pray that many kids get to see and feel the love of Jesus through this camp. We are very grateful that we are able to do this camp with the Hope church. We are grateful that they have welcomed us with open arms. We are getting to know their members better and are starting to feel at home with them. We are also grateful for the team coming from America. Tickets here are not very cheap but those that made a commitment to come are coming faithfully. May God bless them richly. Everyone will be staying at our house, so I am really looking forward to the fellowship time!!!
We will be celebrating Breaden's 5th birthday soon. I have invited many from our church and neighbors to come celebrate with us. I will post pictures and details of the happenings later. I can not believe that my little buddy is turning five. Time flies when you are having fun!
The kids are doing great. Kayla is learning to ride a bike without training wheels!! Go Kayla!! Braeden can write his ABC's and 123's!!! Go Braeden!! and Elaina ca climb up the slide and slide down all by herself (a little kiddy slide)!!! Go Elaina!!! Maybe I am a little bias but man are my kids great or what?
I finished my first two classed towards getting my Bachelors degree and I made an A in both of the courses!! I am so happy. I finished up my language school for now. I need to practice talking and listening more but I know much of the grammar. Justin also will finish his language school tomorrow. He is much better that I am, much better.
We ask you to pray for the upcoming camp here. We ask that you pray for God's will here in Estonia to be done. That many would come to hear God's word and feel the love of Christ during this camp. That all of the glory be to God. Pray for safety for the ones traveling here and for them to have a great time here in Estonia. Thank you for all of your love and support. We love and miss you all!!