Tuesday, February 14, 2012

2 months!!

Our Sophie girl is already 2 months old! Really, where does the time go?! I actually know the answer to this question...because a couple of weeks ago, I asked myself that very question. And here is the answer: Sleep, wake up, feed the girls, get them ready for school, go to school, come home, feed the girls, play with the girls, put the girls to sleep, put myself to sleep for a nap, wake up, play with the girls, feed the girls, give the girls baths, put the girls to bed, do home homework, go to bed...do it all again!! haha. That's funny, right?! I have to think it is, because it would be very easy to go crazy if the great Lord didn't help us!! Like we like to say, it may be a crazy life, but it's our life!!

Our little baby is 9.9 lbs. and 22 inches! Whew. She is getting to be a chubby thing! It's probably because she is a great eater!!

She has a new favorite thing...anybody guess?! Yes, sucking her thumb. She tries so hard to get it, and then when she does...it's so satisfying!Some of her other new things are that she smiles (mainly when she sees me!)And she started "coo"ing. It's really fun to have a conversation of coos! Also, she started noticing her toys that dangle and she swats at them. She plays really hard when she's not sleeping 20 hours a day!!Sophie all bundled up. She loved the snow that we had yesterday! And Olivia thought that Sophie would want her dog right next to her. She is good at giving her her toys...a lot of the time she puts it right on or next to her face, haha! Had to do one more picture! I love that she's sticking out her tongue!

Friday, February 3, 2012

How Many Batteries to Power a Tribal House?

Great question! I am so glad you asked. For the last 3 weeks, we have been taking a course called "Missionary Technology." Wow! There are so many things that we have to figure out... how many solar panels do we need out there in the jungle? how many batteries? how are we going to get clean drinking water? where will our toilet flush to? These are all things we will have to consider as we hope to move out to the jungle... And as I am constantly reminded, "Is it worth it?" And I have to remind myself that these are people that Jesus died for! How exciting that God wants to use us to reach them with the truth!
Jill is great at soldering! And look at those sweet shades!

BJ looks good in those glasses and apron! And he is pretty good at making ground plates for solar panel systems!Hey! That's a solar panel! We will be buying those pretty soon. A complete solar panel system costs about $15,000...