I temporarily got out of my sadness to be happy that my daughter is home from camp! We were all so happy to see her, even her baby brothers were saying, "Cala, I missed you!" She seemed very tired, but very happy to have gone, and very happy to be home. A noticeable difference was that this normally very white Russian girl has gotten some color in her face and arms!!!
We enjoyed a quiet evening here at home and watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Yes it was late, but we let every kid stay up until at least all three of their countries had come out. Actually El Salvador had not yet come when we finally sent them to bed, promising Ethan we would call him when they came out. Once we said, "hey Ethan! El Salvador is coming soon!", here came all three kids. We all cheered when each country's athletes passed by, and of course us American parents cheered for the U.S. as well :o)
We even watched for Paraguay (where two of my brothers are missionaries and three of my nieces/nephew are from)... we cheered for Albania where one of my sisters-in-law is from, as well as for Mexico, where another sister-in-law is from!
We will watch those countries especially over the next couple of weeks I am sure.
Hoping for a good night's rest, I am heading to bed.
2 comments:
That's a lot of countries to keep track of!
Christ died that we might have hope and salvation through Him. Praying so right now!
Isaiah 53:3-5 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
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That is so neat that they got to see the countries they came from! How special!! (my daughter has a friend from Albania!)
Wen
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