Different Stuff

We had another busy weekend.

Benay, Bronwyn and Auristela had a "Tea for Rwanda" at our house on Saturday afternoon.  You can click here to go to Bronwyn's blog and read the last couple of entries to find out about the tea.

Hard to believe that in one week Bronwyn will be in Rwanda.

Please pray for her.  She is very excited and a little nervous about the traveling.

Today is the first day of the new school year for our kids.  Ansley will be starting her last year of high school.  Anderson will be starting kindergarten.

Garrett, Carys and Anderson will all be starting at a new school.  This new school is actually a school we almost sent them to when we moved here almost 8 years ago.  Our final choices in 2002 ended up being this school and the school that most of them have attended since we moved here.

Carys knows a couple of girls in her new class already and Anderson has been in preschool, at another place, with 3 of his classmates for the last 4 years.  He already told us there is no need to walk him into his classroom today because, "It's okay, I can do it by myself." He's a funny kid.

We ask for your prayers for all of the kids but especially Garrett.  It's tough for a 13 year old to change schools and not know anyone.  He's a little anxious about it.  We know that by the time he gets home today he will already have new friends but that first step into a new classroom is always a tough thing for most kids.  We would appreciate your prayers for him.  We are proud of him for deciding for himself to make this change.  It seems to be a better fit for him academically.  It's a better school with a really involved teaching staff.  He hasn't really had that since we've been here.  I proud of him for seeing the benefits academically in switching.  He went to the new school, met with a supervisor, we had some good conversations and then he decided on his own.  Pretty mature.

We think this new school will be a blessing for Garrett, Carys and Anderson.  Our family has already been blessed with friends from Anderson's preschool that will be going to this new school as well.  We know that soon we will all have many new friends because of our kids.  Most of the Brasilians who have given their lives to Christ since we've been here or who have participated in different activities (house church, bible study, etc.) have come because of knowing our kids.

They don't even realize it sometimes but they are great seed planters for the kingdom.

Garrett, Carys and Anderson can also learn German and Spanish at this new school.

We had a heat index of 111 yesterday but with school starting we kind of unofficially end our summer.  Benay did a blog yesterday about our summer and the new school year.  You can click here to read it.

Should be a busy week for us.