Back to Goroka and Back to School

 

Jonathan got a new bike helmet from Nate for Christmas!

And back to school, with Nathan, our neighbor, friend and Naomi's classmate.

Reading Festival - Wear Words Day

Twin day

Book Character Dress up Day - The King that Reigns (Rains) 

Reading while running

Naomi's great work on her spelling and cursive!

Jonathan's friends: Tom, Josh and James

Fun Science day

Reading Festival continues

The chain links represent how many hours the 2nd grade class read.

The 6th grade class read and figured out how far they could travel if each hour read was a km.

Tang Soo Do continues! 

Jonathan was Student of the Month! And this month, Jacob is student of the month!

Late Christmas Packages!

 

After arriving back from POM, we were blessed by boxes of books!

Naomi lost her first front tooth!

The Book lady sent a special elephant with the books.

And a special necklace.

Then the three packages arrived 3 weeks later! Christmas from Nannie and Poppie and Grandma and Grandpa! And bit from Mom and Dad too!!

There was great excitement in the air!!

Jacob has always wanted a carpenter apron!

Blessings in January

 

We continue to be amazed at how God provides and blesses us beyond our imagination. 

I grew up playing piano my whole childhood, 2nd grade lessons with my grandma through 12th grade! I never thought I would ever have a real piano in PNG. But some co-workers are retiring and they were selling their piano. Friends and family gave gifts of money for my birthday and Christmas and then there was a piano in my house! It is so fun to play again! And teach my kids!

Jacob is enjoying it too. But I especially enjoy playing a duet with Jacob as he plays violin!

I got to attend a Ladies Bible study again, studying James!

I got to be a part of planning a Ladies Luncheon for our centre where three ladies shared with testimonies and answered questions about how God has helped them and given them grace to serve in PNG. It was very encouraging!

We made flat breads, chicken with veggies and cabbage salad and served cookies, banana chips and popcorn too.