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I’ve talked with people whose parents would often invite missionaries to stay with their family whenever they passed through on deputation. Some have told me what an impression it left on them to hear those missionary stories while growing up. They were amazed and even inspired at the sacrifice and faith they saw in missionary families who visited them. Elisabeth and Max had their last swimming lesson today. They both made lots of improvement during their four weeks of lessons. A couple weeks ago Elisabeth wanted to show me her new diving skills–but not until she was good and ready, and had a little fun teasing me. Max thought the diving looked like fun so he mustered up his courage to see if he could do it, too.
It’s summer time! Elisabeth and Max sure were glad when the school year ended and we sure were glad to see their report cards. We’re proud of their progress Max tends to go through phases. One of his first phases was cowboys, then came dinosaurs, then Thomas, then primates. When he’s in a phase he’s 100%. So when he was into primates he started becoming fanatic about climbing everything. He climbs trees, of course, but when he’s inside I’m one of his favorite climbing objects, and sometimes a door will do just as well. I guess it makes sense that he also likes gymnastics. This last year he took a pre-gymnastics course and during the last class Jana was able to take some clips of their activities. Click through for the video.
I am the only one in my family that is not a citizen of the Slovak Republic. Jana has Slovak citizenship because she was born in Slovakia and thanks to her so do Elisabeth and Max. All of them also have US citizenships. Jana became a citizen of the United States just a few weeks after Elisabeth was born and since Slovakia recognizes dual citizenship she did not lose her Slovak citizenship by becoming a citizen of the United States. So far this has been very nice.
Check out the galleries to see some new photos from our Sunday trip to Brookfield Zoo. If you missed our Arizona trip photos you can find those in the galleries too. Just click on the button “All Categories” on the bottom left of the galleries page to find our other albums. If you like gibbons (my favorite lesser ape
We took our first family vacation in a long time during spring break, enjoying a week with grandma Terry in Phoenix, AZ. Perhaps the highlights of the trip included our encounters with creation. Someday I may create a special page for family and ministry videos but for now you can watch this clip of Jana and Max sledding in my parents’ pasture with about 30 miniature horses. Village Church of Lincolnshire begins their annual Christmas program, “The Hanging of the Greens,” with musical offerings from the children in the congregation. This year Elisabeth and Max performed a duet of “Angels We Have Heard on High.” |
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