Family

This week Hannah was able to go to a kids club at our church.  Today was the last day.  It was a “Vacation Bible School” put on by Child Evangelism Fellowship, and the theme was Solar Express.  No doubt churches all across North America have been doing the same thing!

Hannah had a great time and worked hard to finish her activities at home (she even tied for second prize at the end of the week).

As for me, I’m just about to get started on another course from Briercrest Distance Learning.  I have two courses to complete before we move to Mexico.  It looks like I’ll be working on a little bit of basic theology.

I have come up with a definition of “theology”.  You can let me know what you think.  Of course, I haven’t taken the course yet, so maybe you shouldn’t listen anyway!

Theology is…getting to know God.  What do you think?  I think that’s about it.  Anything we’re doing to get to know God is theology.  And since that’s one of the most basic purposes of life, I’m looking forward to continuing th journey.

So how have you been doing theology this week?

We’re going to be taking a bit of a holiday.  Just click the link if you’re not sure about what the word means.  I had to look it up myself.

Today we’re heading to Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia.  It’s a 3 hour drive through the mountains from our home.  

We’re looking forward to some family time – maybe some hiking, swimming, whatever.  It’s been a while since we’ve really had any time off, and we’re ready for it.  I admit the weather doesn’t look all that spectacular (see the weather graphic to see what it is right now) (of course, if you live in Puvirnituq that weather probably looks good.  If you live in Tashkent you probably feel very sorry for us.)

Nathanael has been a little sick, so if you think of it pray for him (and pray that the rest of us will escape!).  This is different than whatever he had before, but he was just over that when this one hit.  Of course, generally he’s still pretty happy.  He doesn’t know he’s supposed to be miserable all the time!

On the 30th we’ll be back already, all set to work on the month-end paperwork, and head into the home stretch of preparations for our visit to Mexico.  There’s still a lot to do – but we’ll do it when we get back!  See you then. 😛

PS After writing this, I took a closer look at the weather, and it might not be that bad after all.  But who cares?  We’re really not that picky! :laugh:

I’m just heading out the door to catch my flight to Sudbury, but I wanted to leave a quick update on Nathanael.  He had a good sleep this morning, and now he’s up.  He’s still obviously sick, but he’s feeling a lot better and able to drink fluids, and seems interested in eating too.  So thanks for your prayers!  Check out the last 2 blog entries and keep praying.  Thanks so much! 😎

Two days ago, Nathanael started getting sick.  Yesterday he could hardly even keep any fluids down, so after some lengthy discussions on the phone with the nurse, Shari took him to the Alberta Children’s Hospital.  I stayed home with Hannah.

Nathanael was eventually hooked up to IV.  He wasn’t dehydrated (thought getting close), though his blood sugar was getting pretty low.  The IV was a big help, but he had little sleep because every hour the IV would BEEP and some strange person would come in and change it and poke him and prod him.  Of course, Mom got very little sleep either.  Hannah slept well.

The doctor checked him out this morning, and they decided that they’d take out the IV and send him home.  So they got home around 7:30am.  He was quite a bit better having had the nourishment at the hospital, although he still hasn’t drank much.  It’s likely that he’s just too tired!

The doctor told Shari that he could just have a sleep when he got home, so Lord willing he’ll be feeling a lot better after that.  But we’d certainly appreciate your prayers – for Mom, for Nathanael, and the rest of us.  We’ll try to update you when we can and let you know how things are going.

This picture of Nathanael was taken yesterday.  It was a typical pose for him.  Hannah was a big help taking care of him, although she still needs a few nursing lessons (maybe her Aunt Amy could stop by?). 😉

I was thinking of letting Nathanael say some of his favourite words for you, but he’s really not much for talking-on-demand these days.  So I’m just stopping by instead to let you know how he’s doing.  This is a picture of him playing Jungle Mouse, which he enjoyed very much.  If he’d taken the time to write a blog instead of playing games, I wouldn’t be here now.

Some of Nathanael’s favourite words these days are “ball,” “baaa” (the sound of a sheep), “bath,” and “woof” (the sound of a dog), and a few other animal and vehicle noises.  He especially likes making airplane noises (which he hears a lot of around here).

Nathanael is eating more and more “big people” food, but he still generally prefers things that are pretty smoooooth.

 He likes to read books, play with his toys and get food all over me.

We’ve also noticed his interesting sleeping habits.  This is how we caught him on film sleeping today – this must be the “ostrich pose”.

Oh, look.  He’s out of his bath and wants to say hi before he goes to bed.  Here he is:  kh NBAU vb SAAA AAAABBBBBBBBGYSQHBHHGTGFFDCCFFVFRQS G WE

If you haven’t heard it yet, you can check out Nathanael’s recent audio blog here.  Until next time! 😛