Anna: It is late Saturday evening and we just spent four hours in a doctor's office. Annaliese is still experiencing headaches daily and so we decided to try accupuncture. We should have arrived at 4 pm and put our names on the list, then come back at 5 but instead we arrived around 5:30 and waited til probably 7 or 7:30 before we got into see the doctor who poked Anna with disposable accupuncture needles in various parts of her head and made her lay with her face down so she could hardly breathe. It didn't have any immediate relief but i suppose we will have to try several times before we see real relief. Please keep praying for her. The constant pain has been really hard for her and she is pretty drained. She is keeping up with school okay but every now and then just has to take a day off because it is just too much to sit through school.
Luke: He has been doing pretty well the last couple of months. He finished up his basketball season and now he is in the water lots as he is on swim team. Their only meet is this next weekend in Surabaya. They will be competing against 4 other International schools in Indonesian that are about the same size as our school. Nick and i went to this swim meet the past 2 years but i think we will have to pass on this years. Kind of sad to miss it but i am sure Luke will be glad to not have Mom and Dad constantly around. Luke is definitely counting the days until school is out. He didn't have the greatest attitude during 3rd quarter but it seems to be getting better so we are very thankful for that.
Jay: Did we tell you that we have a third child? His name is Jay and we have adopted him into our family. :) Jay is one of our teachers at Mountainview who has gone through a rough time recently and moved in with us. He has been a huge blessing to our family-being a great older brother to both Anna and Luke and just a huge help all around. We have throughly enjoyed having him as a part of our family. Please pray for him as he continues to work through issues in his life. One day at a time.
Nick: This past week has been rather stressful as Nick has been trying to figure out what to do about his and the kids visa for staying in the country. Their visa expires the end of this month and it was thought that it would be renewed under the organization that Nick has had his visa with for the past 3 to 4 years. But, last week he found out that the government has had some reshuffling and new laws and it was not possible for him to stay under that same umbrella. He has been doing some fast thinking and seeking out different options and it seems like he has found a viable option. We will have to go out to Singapore at the end of this month to get a social/cultural visa until the other one can be processed. Please pray that all of this works out and goes smoothly.
Laura: It has been a hard couple of months-very busy, very full, very hard watching annaliese be in constant pain, trying to be an encouragement to the family, just a lot of STUFF going on. I too am looking forward to the end of the school year and being able to catch my breath some this summer. But until then, i pray for the stamina and endurance to finish this school year strong. There seems to be infinite things to do but not much time to do it. Despite feeling busy all the time, it has been encouraging to see God at work amongst the students and the faculty. It feels like a lot of us have been walking through fire these days, yet it is very evident that a refinining of our hearts is what is most importantly happening. God is good and most days i am able to rest in that. :)
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Thanks for the update, Laura. I didn't realize that Anna was still suffering from headaches. We will continue to pray for her. And for you--I know that April and May are the very busiest months of the year. Our schedule seems unrelenting these days so I can imagine that yours is as well. Great pictures--your time at the beach looks like lots of relaxing fun.
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