Once, long ago, I took E. & C. (the older 2 daughters) to a simultaneous doctors appt. where they both got vaccinated. I thought to myself afterwards, Never Again.
Yesterday I took P. & G. (the younger 2 daughters) to the doctor for vaccinations - together. This apparently always seems like a good idea to me.
Two very unhappy, feverish and in pain children under the age of 2 later, I'm recalling my earlier self-advice; one day too late. One day too late. Arg.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Sleeping Girls
Both G. & P. were sleeping together and were so cute I took a picture, but P. woke up too soon.
Four sisters asleep in a row.
Four sisters asleep in a row.
Easter 2009
Yes, the requisite Easter Dress photo for Grammy. Plus this is the first published photo of all four of my girls together. Saturday, April 11, 2009
Slow Internet
My Internet has gotten almost unbearably slow. For this reason I am often loath to even turn on the computer, hence the lack of blogging.
I have put in an application for a better, faster Internet service, hopefully, that will get connected soon.
I have put in an application for a better, faster Internet service, hopefully, that will get connected soon.
Chatterpal Singh
This pastor was called to work among Hindu Sadhus and chose to dress as they did in order to relate better to them.
Passing Of A Sadhu
We got the sad news early this morning that one of the pastors who works under our ministry died last night.
While O. was away in South India he heard that this man was seriously ill and currently in the southernmost state of Kerala. (This pastor is from the Northern state of UP, so he was really far from home.) We all had been praying, but when O. got home last night he said that from what he had been hearing, it didn't look like the man would make it. We got the news around 6:30AM that he had passed away in the night. Apparently, it was typhoid, or a typhoid related shutdown of his organs or something.
You can pray for his family. His name was Chatterpal Singh and he was married with 3 grown daughters.
While O. was away in South India he heard that this man was seriously ill and currently in the southernmost state of Kerala. (This pastor is from the Northern state of UP, so he was really far from home.) We all had been praying, but when O. got home last night he said that from what he had been hearing, it didn't look like the man would make it. We got the news around 6:30AM that he had passed away in the night. Apparently, it was typhoid, or a typhoid related shutdown of his organs or something.
You can pray for his family. His name was Chatterpal Singh and he was married with 3 grown daughters.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Hotel O
We do stay busy around here. Not just that we have lots of guests coming and going, but I've been especially busy with E. & C. the last few days because they are in the midst of final exams. The Indian school year ends this month. By next week we'll be into summer vacation. Arg.
I'm also trying to get my consular appointment for P.'s passport, US birth certificate, and SS #. We should be heading to Bombay to take care of that in May. (Our little vacation...)
Actually, we're planning to be in the US from mid-July to mid-Sept. This is kind of a pre-notice about that. You can keep it in mind.
This is also a strange free flowing blog post without much of a main point although I think was going to write about the various guests that stay in our house.
Last week we had an interesting crew that just showed up. Well, we had a little notice that some people would be coming but not much. It turns out that one of the guests is the writer of Christian worship songs in Hindi and that he's written at least three songs that we sing all the time. Like, Christians all over India (who worship in Hindi) sing all the time. Somewhat exciting. The Christian community in India is pretty close knit I guess, yet, although there are only 2-4% Christians in the entire country - when you're talking 2-4% of over a billion people, that's still a lot of people...
I'm also trying to get my consular appointment for P.'s passport, US birth certificate, and SS #. We should be heading to Bombay to take care of that in May. (Our little vacation...)
Actually, we're planning to be in the US from mid-July to mid-Sept. This is kind of a pre-notice about that. You can keep it in mind.
This is also a strange free flowing blog post without much of a main point although I think was going to write about the various guests that stay in our house.
Last week we had an interesting crew that just showed up. Well, we had a little notice that some people would be coming but not much. It turns out that one of the guests is the writer of Christian worship songs in Hindi and that he's written at least three songs that we sing all the time. Like, Christians all over India (who worship in Hindi) sing all the time. Somewhat exciting. The Christian community in India is pretty close knit I guess, yet, although there are only 2-4% Christians in the entire country - when you're talking 2-4% of over a billion people, that's still a lot of people...
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
P. Over The Shoulder
Here's my little elf in an over the shoulder shot. They're just so cute that way.
About The Graduation, Etc... I Ain't Foolin'
I’m still trying to catch up on my sleep from the busy weekend.
Our Bible students graduated in a ceremony on Saturday, March 28th. I think it went really well. After that, Sunday and Monday were filled with many meetings and times of fellowship. It was a tight schedule and it was made even more difficult by lugging a 28 day old baby around with me, but she was a trooper – so was I.
It was good to spend time with our pastors, although I wished they could have been a little more involved in the programs. I thank the Lord no one got sick, there were very few accidents – other than something caught on fire in one of the rooms at the conference center and one of our older Karuna Home children slipped while carrying hot water and had to go to the hospital burn unit at 10:30 on Sunday night. He’s OK, burn on his chest.
I also came home hot and tired with several guests on Saturday night after the graduation to find my electricity was out. Sigh.
All in all, it was an excellent time, thanks for your prayers.
I will put up more pictures once I get them from the photographer (which could be after a long time…)
Our Bible students graduated in a ceremony on Saturday, March 28th. I think it went really well. After that, Sunday and Monday were filled with many meetings and times of fellowship. It was a tight schedule and it was made even more difficult by lugging a 28 day old baby around with me, but she was a trooper – so was I.
It was good to spend time with our pastors, although I wished they could have been a little more involved in the programs. I thank the Lord no one got sick, there were very few accidents – other than something caught on fire in one of the rooms at the conference center and one of our older Karuna Home children slipped while carrying hot water and had to go to the hospital burn unit at 10:30 on Sunday night. He’s OK, burn on his chest.
I also came home hot and tired with several guests on Saturday night after the graduation to find my electricity was out. Sigh.
All in all, it was an excellent time, thanks for your prayers.
I will put up more pictures once I get them from the photographer (which could be after a long time…)
A Picture
We had a photographer at our graduation ceremonies and the pastor's conference this past weekend, so I won't get those pictures in my hand (or computer) for a while, but I took this picture from a friend of mine.
During the graduation they put garlands on us, and Richard Howell (our main speaker) prayed for O. and me. We started our ministry in 1999, so this is our 10th year.
During the graduation they put garlands on us, and Richard Howell (our main speaker) prayed for O. and me. We started our ministry in 1999, so this is our 10th year.
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