Exciting things:
1. My parents came for an altogether too short visit in April. Here's one of my favorite pictures:
You can call my mom if you want - she has LOTS more pictures to show you.
2. The equipment for the opthamology clinic arrived!!! It was a long complicated process to get it all here and something we had been praying about for a long time. If you know nothing about the opthamology clinic you can go to The Hensons in Cusco to read more about it. Nathan is in the process of unpacking everything now and should be up and running in about a month! This is particularly exciting for our family as Mark is likely going to switch over to mostly working there - always something else to learn!
3. These two little boys had birthdays! In the past I've blogged old pictures of the birthday child from baby til now - yeah - didn't happen this time.
4. We moved to a new house. We are now closer to friends, the university and the grocery store!
5. Sickness - Everyone but Reide and I has now had their first round of parasites. Reide had her own drama which she is finally starting to recover from. I cannot tell you how encouraged we were by the number of people who have responded to our request for prayer. I read through the emails several times as I was up with her during the nights. Your words were life giving to me when I was worn out. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for interceding for us.
6. Mark and Hannah are on the Amazon River! You can read a little about the people running the ship at Amazon Medical Missions. They are joining a group of dental students and professionals from Augusta - extra fun since some of our close friends will be there! Mark is in charge of evangelism teams and Hannah is helping out with children's ministry. I was hugely impacted by short-term mission trips growing up so am super excited for Hannah to have this opportunity - and a little jealous since I've never been on the Amazon! Be praying for both of their hearts and the hearts of those they will come into contact with.
Oh, and Reide learned to walk - definitely my earliest walker by far! This is before she got sickly - she's still not quite back up to par...
