Just saying hello...

Hello everyone! We are having a great mid-semester break. True, much of our time is spent on assignments, but we have gotten out a little bit. Last week we spent a day in the Dandenongs with the Richards and Thulesens. It was nice to get away from the campus for a little while, very refreshing. Josh has been having fun playing 'pirates' with Jesiah and Zoe, and both Josh and Grace have been busy working on a 'clubhouse' with the other kids on the grounds.

Here are a few pics, and just for fun, we've posted the video of the kids' reaction after Jim shaved his beard off. He has had one for almost nine years! ...ever since he left the military.

Josh and Si on the way to Dandenong National Park. It was a great day in spite of our party getting separated along the way (we were in two cars). All of us were excited when we actually ran into each other again after a couple of hours apart!

Pirates Si, Josh, and Zoe

Who doesn't need a good tickle every now and then?

Here is the video of the kids' reaction...

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Dark Cloud With a Silver Lining

It was a dark and stormy day…the unwilling participants ventured into the dreaded lair of the GRAMMAR TEACHER. Little did they know, which was apparent by the test they were so fiendishly tricked into taking. Their only hope – that God would show mercy on them and their fellow captives in the linguistically diverse places they all would find themselves. Tragically, they all passed and would be forever relegated to developing formal generative grammars for peoples the world over, tortured by phrase structure rules, nightmares of verbal subcategories and plagued by cold sweats from fear of morphological infixes.(Sounds worse than Malaria or Dengue Fever!)

Totally just kidding… we love grammar – believe it or not.

Today we are officially starting a two-week mid-semester break. (yeeeeaaah!) The Richards' parents are coming for a visit during this time, and we are looking forward to seeing them. Familiar faces in unfamiliar places go a long way towards renewing one's spirit. There are a lot of activities in Melbourne, many of which are free with a student i.d. card, which we hope to take advantage of. Please keep sending the wonderful emails of encouragement and know that you are always in our prayers.

I am writing some very exciting articles which we will be getting to you soon - whether in print or blog format - so be looking for those over the next couple of weeks.

for His glory-
Jim


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