First one in a while

Friends and Family,

We apologize for not writing more often.  Life has been so hectic lately but we will try to catch you all up.

Erika Ressler left for the states last week and arrived home to a fresh blanket of snow.  The kids miss her a lot and we are hoping that she’ll come back soon to visit!

We have three new babies at the Baby Center James, Rose, and Moses.

James came to us at 5 days old

Rose was about a month old

Moses is about five months old but only weighs 6-7 lbs.  He is gaining weight quickly and even laughed at my efforts to get a smile out of him.  It is so wonderful to see how quickly these babies improve upon arrival at the BC, thanks to the loving care they receive. 

Cason is wrapping up the books for the year-end and has been very busy with all he needs to do amidst power outages, multiple computer crashes a day, and then all the everyday tasks that still need attention.  Please be praying that he is able to stay positive and patient while trying to do so much work. 

Next week the mission has their yearly retreat so we are both looking forward to a bit of a break. We would greatly appreciate prayer for spiritual renewal for both of us.  The stresses of living in such a different culture can weigh us down and cause us to loose site of our purpose here in Kenya.  While we are really enjoying life here it can also be very difficult and frustrating at times, especially when we get so busy.

Adrienne (my little sister) is getting married in June so we are getting very excited to be home for a couple of weeks this summer.  We have started making a list of food we will eat as soon as we can… starting with Papa Johns :  ).  I’m already dreading leaving my beautiful children here for that long though! 

As always, thanks for reading.  Hopefully we’ll be able to update more later. 

Colleen