3rd Week: Celebrations and "Challenges"
It's almost Wednesday--
I (Heather) am up yet again in the middle of the night, so I thought I would at least take advantage of the lack of sleep to update our blog. Much has happened in the last week and we have a lot to be thankful for. Our biggest praise is Sydney turned 5 on Monday! I can hardly believe she is already 5 years old. She has amazed me with her ability to adapt here in Malawi--making new friends, attending a new school, sleeping in a new bed. God has answered our prayers in regards to a smooth transition for our kids. We celebrated her birthday with the Jansens--pizza and ice cream (a Tacheny tradition).
Birthday shots
Another point of praise was the safe arrival of the 2 boxes we had shipped. We weren't sure what would happen on this end, and as they sat in customs here for a few days, we started to wonder if we would ever see our stuff. Thankfully we had the help of Partners in Hope's customs clearing agent, Smiles (yes, that's his name), and we were able to get our boxes without paying exorbitant fees and taxes. So Mike's guitar made it here (among other things) and we were able to have our Saturday morning family praise time with the aid of Mike's guitar. Perry Jansen plays guitar as well, so Mike is looking forward to some jam sessions with him.We have had some "challenges" as well this last week. I put this word in quotes because just as we were getting overwhelmed with these challenges, God has provided. We were having trouble finding a car--we had hoped to buy a used car as we were told there are always cars available from people coming and going from Lilongwe. But we weren't finding much. The Jansens had been so generous in letting us borrow their car when they didn't need it, but trying to set up our house and find the things we need without our own car, and being dependent on others to pick up our kids from school, etc, was getting a bit old. I'm sure God was teaching us something on depending on Him and the generosity of others, but we still desired a car. And God provided--in fact he provided 2 great options in one morning and we had to choose. So we are now the proud owners of a car--it is 10 years old so please pray that it continues to run smoothly.We were also having trouble finding a language teacher and both of us were getting anxious to get started with our language learning. Our "schedule" up until now has been somewhat open-ended---getting settled and finding our bearings. For Mike and I who are quite task-oriented we were feeling like we weren't "accomplishing" anything. God has provided again--we start our language classes next Monday morning. This is the first step towards the future goal of working at the clinic and being able to speak to our patients in their language--Chichewa.Please pray for good sleep, continued good health, safety on the roads in our "new" car and perseverance in our language learning (and maybe some supernatural intervention in our ability to learn Chichewa)
Sydney and Joshua (our second and final dog). He's a nine year old German Shepherd who needed a home and has been great company for rowdy puupy Anna.
I (Heather) am up yet again in the middle of the night, so I thought I would at least take advantage of the lack of sleep to update our blog. Much has happened in the last week and we have a lot to be thankful for. Our biggest praise is Sydney turned 5 on Monday! I can hardly believe she is already 5 years old. She has amazed me with her ability to adapt here in Malawi--making new friends, attending a new school, sleeping in a new bed. God has answered our prayers in regards to a smooth transition for our kids. We celebrated her birthday with the Jansens--pizza and ice cream (a Tacheny tradition).
Birthday shots
Another point of praise was the safe arrival of the 2 boxes we had shipped. We weren't sure what would happen on this end, and as they sat in customs here for a few days, we started to wonder if we would ever see our stuff. Thankfully we had the help of Partners in Hope's customs clearing agent, Smiles (yes, that's his name), and we were able to get our boxes without paying exorbitant fees and taxes. So Mike's guitar made it here (among other things) and we were able to have our Saturday morning family praise time with the aid of Mike's guitar. Perry Jansen plays guitar as well, so Mike is looking forward to some jam sessions with him.We have had some "challenges" as well this last week. I put this word in quotes because just as we were getting overwhelmed with these challenges, God has provided. We were having trouble finding a car--we had hoped to buy a used car as we were told there are always cars available from people coming and going from Lilongwe. But we weren't finding much. The Jansens had been so generous in letting us borrow their car when they didn't need it, but trying to set up our house and find the things we need without our own car, and being dependent on others to pick up our kids from school, etc, was getting a bit old. I'm sure God was teaching us something on depending on Him and the generosity of others, but we still desired a car. And God provided--in fact he provided 2 great options in one morning and we had to choose. So we are now the proud owners of a car--it is 10 years old so please pray that it continues to run smoothly.We were also having trouble finding a language teacher and both of us were getting anxious to get started with our language learning. Our "schedule" up until now has been somewhat open-ended---getting settled and finding our bearings. For Mike and I who are quite task-oriented we were feeling like we weren't "accomplishing" anything. God has provided again--we start our language classes next Monday morning. This is the first step towards the future goal of working at the clinic and being able to speak to our patients in their language--Chichewa.Please pray for good sleep, continued good health, safety on the roads in our "new" car and perseverance in our language learning (and maybe some supernatural intervention in our ability to learn Chichewa)
Sydney and Joshua (our second and final dog). He's a nine year old German Shepherd who needed a home and has been great company for rowdy puupy Anna.
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