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Saturday, March 15, 2008
If it's not one thing, it's another - ever feel like that?
Yesterday Evie started to feel warm, and by the afternoon she had a fever. She slept a lot yesterday and is in bed again already. She's needing extra attention... and then Anna turned her ankle while playing last night! She's on the couch now with an ice pack watching Cinderella. She can't walk, although it doesn't seem to bother her unless she puts weight on it. AND Chase is on call today and tomorrow! I think we ladies will be laying low the next few days. If Anna is still hurting we'll take her in to get the ankle checked out this afternoon. She went down in a blaze of glory though! There are lots of kids here - all a little older - and she's having a ball trying to keep up with them.
I'm also having technical difficulties! I've been trying repeatedly to upload more photos but am running into a lot of errors. I'm not sure what the deal is - could be the computer, the internet connection, SmugMug, anything! - but it's a bummer. The only images I can put here are those that have already been uploaded to galleries. I will keep trying!
I did pictures for Rick and Sharon yesterday and the girls had fun playing with the plane! Sharon teaches the preschool class for the MKs, and Rick flies into the jungle all the time planting churches and bringing supplies. If all goes as planned we'll spend Easter Sunday in the jungle with him! We're pretty excited. Here they are...
It just started downpouring again, so our photo shoot for today might be canceled AGAIN! We're learning flexibility on a whole new level.
On a more serious note though, please lift Anna up. She's been saying things like "I don't like this house," "I don't like my room," "I want my bed," etc. It's come up the last couple of days, and I'm wondering if she's afraid in her room at night. I spent a couple of hours sleeping by her because she was whimpering on and off. We've also had more discipline problems since we've been here. It could just be adjustment issues, but there could be more going on, if you know what I mean. We are more intentional now in how we pray for her. Thank you!
Our time here is half over, which is always hard to believe. A month is an odd amount of time - you need to settle in a bit if you're going to take advantage of your time, but you're still thinking about things to do back home. It's also easy to think to yourself "Well, I only have to put up with this for a little while longer..." rather than dying to self a bit more. We're dying as best we can though :)
Posted byJennifer Thebault at 6:12 AM