Many of you prayed with us regarding Cole’s school situation
for this semester. After much prayer and
discussion, we placed Cole in a public, Spanish-speaking school. We were prepared for a difficult
transition. After all, changing schools
is difficult for any child, but much more so when that child doesn't understand
what anyone is saying! However, God
blessed us richly by allowing Cole to make friends immediately and he is
learning more Spanish every day! Here is
a picture of Cole in his school uniform:
We also recently celebrated Cana’s first birthday. We were reminded again of God’s grace since
Nafisa’s water broke three months early with Cana, but now she is a happy and
perfectly healthy one-year-old. She can
walk if holding onto the sofa or coffee table and is getting into
everything. We have to keep a close eye
on her! She smiles all the time, and
loves the “B-I-B-L-E” song, especially when her brothers sing it to her.
Lane is also doing well and is soaking up Spanish like a sponge. He’s been off of all of his asthma medication
for a couple of weeks, and so far, he’s doing really well – another huge
blessing. For about a month, he was
taking as many as 6 different medications, including breathing treatments. We’re glad he’s doing well without any
medication.
Please continue to pray for us as we’re learning
Spanish. Our classes start to become
mundane at this point, but everything we learn is essential to us being able to
speak the language well and to be able to communicate on a deep level with the
people of southern Ecuador.
