New!!

There have been lots of new things in our life this last week.
Probably the most important is little Timothy! He finally appeared about 9:45 pm last Saturday night. The doctors released him and his mother from the hospital on Tuesday . . . the maternity ward staff needed to get them out the door so that they could paint and paper the ward.

The first week he was home his neighbor died, that meant Alyosha, Timothy's father had to help in the funeral preparations. When he did, the car broke down. When his car broke down, he called us to rescue. So we towed him home, trailer and all. It's out of the picture behind the orange car. The trailer held the casket.

Allona has been leaning REALLY close to do her schoolwork. So when we had a trip to Niklaev scheduled anyway (diesel is up to $4.37 a gallon at the cheapest places) we took her in for an eye exam. Her prescription is exactly the same as Seth's last one, interestingly enough. Now she has glasses like most of the rest of us.


Ever since we've moved in, I've wanted tiles behind the kitchen cabinets because they would wash easier than about any other type of wall covering. The walls aren't the straightest. They are plastered with a clay mixture that keeps chipping off. But in spite of this, Dave is getting tiles in place.

We're also praying daily. We want to see new miracles from God. We want to see His glory triumph in the middle of a bunch of quandaries.