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Happy Cinco de Mayo
Last Updated on Friday, 06 May 2011 00:22 Written by Meg Thursday, 05 May 2011 22:58
Today is Cohen's due date! Happy cinco de Mayo. What a blessing little Cohen was to come 2 1/2 weeks early. For example, today was Ana's mother's day performance. I was able to go. Just wanted to update the blog with a few things. This is for those of you that like the newsy posts...
1. This should be "pic of the week." I know you can't tell by the girls' faces, but they are all healthy and feeling better! We just went through close to a month of solid sickness (a virus traveling from one person to another). It all started the week before Cohen was born, and we just finished up (he is now 2 1/2 weeks old). The biggest thing for me is that Greg can hold Cohen. It was so sad that he tried his best to stay away from him while he was sick. Can you tell he loves holding him? And praise be to God that Cohen and I have stayed healthy through it all.
2. The kids are great. Many have asked about jealousy and Maggie. Besides being absolutely pitiful during her sickness and wanting me to hold her all the time, she hasn't shown a bit of jealousy. I can tell that Ana is extra sensitive right now. She cries about little things that she used to not cry about--I wonder if this can be attributed to the new addition and all that has been going on. I certainly haven't been a good example.
Ana is a great big sister. She loves holding Cohen and always asks if she can hold him on the couch. She strokes his head and loves giving him kisses. She always wants to comment, "Awwwwww, he is so cute." Love it. This is her in her "granjera" or "farmgirl" costume today.
Maggie is actually talking more. Used to, she wouldn't attempt to say most words that we asked her to try. Last night, I prayed with the girls before bed. When it was Maggie's tunr I started saying every family member's name and our teammates' names. She attempted every one. And she says a pretty good "Pop and Gram" and "Memaw." Gram, you aren't coming out of her mouth as an explitive like Ana. You are "Ham." So funny. And when I say "thank you for Cohen..." she refers to him as "Bah-beez" still. Here is my little toodle-bug in a sweet little dress that I remember AG wearing.
Cohen is still a sleeper. He hasn't moved out of our room yet. I am not sure when I will make that transition. He eats well, and seems to be a healthy growing boy. His little eyes are becoming more and more blue.
3. Today I loved going to AG's performance. She was the star performer (in my opinion) in the song "Old McDonald Had A Farm." The kids are learning English, and she was in the group that showed this song they learned. What can I say? She is a natural when it comes to her English subject. I took Manuela with me to help with Maggie and Cohen. I determines after going that right now, I CANNOT handle all 3 kids alone. Manuela mainly helped me with Maggie, but here she is holding Cohen.
Because I was the photographer. This was the best I could do to get a picture of me with the girls.
4. I guess the biggest news to hit the McKinzie Family here in Peru is that WE ARE MOVING. Our landlords decided to not renew our contract because one of their sons is moving down in to part of our rented space. We completely understand the reason, but it came as a little bit of a surprise to me. I was majorly bummed the day we found out. It has been very difficult to find a house to rent in our targeted area. Greg looked before now, and had absolutely zero luck finding anything. Kyle, our dear teammate, found a great possiblity the morning after we found out that we needed to move. Greg and I took the kids with us to check it out and we loved it. Papers have not been signed so nothing is official. I have been strongly warned by my husband to not get my hopes up until we know for sure. (I am afraid that I have already gotten my hopes up. Oh well.) I took lots of pictures and will post them if we end up here, but for now I will show you what it looks like from the road. It is located in Alto Selva Alegre (the community where Kyle and Larissa currently live) so it is in our targeted area. It is close to another large park and a major combi route. The house is completely new, and the owner has done an excellent job with it. He said he might possibly call us if it is done by this Saturday. It would be awesome if it all works out to have my mom here to help with the move. We will keep you posted.
It sits behind his grandfather's home and aunt's home. It is the tall yellow and cream house back behind the pink and yellow house facing the road.
March 1, 2011
Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 March 2011 02:30 Written by Meg Tuesday, 01 March 2011 01:42
So can we say "major catch-up?" I have been absent from the family site for most of this month, but tonight I have made several new posts. I am on a new roll. Here is what has been going on:
1. Greg is editor-in-chief of a missions journal that comes out twice a year. This was the month of publication so when I had the time to blog, he usually was using the computer to finish up the journal. I am so proud of him and the board of editors for their hard work on this issue. Here is the website to the journal (totally free). Check it out if you haven't seen it before: http://www.missiodeijournal.com/ .
2. Greg took a trip 5 hours outside of the city. It is a really neat mission opportunity for the church here in Arequipa. If you haven't read the article he posted on the team site, you can click this link: http://teamarequipa.net/stories/245-chaclaya .
3. We hosted a Valentine banquet for the church. It was a lot of fun besides all the rain we had that evening.
4. The rain. We have had LOTS of it this month. It has kind of dwindled down lately, but the Peruvians are saying that the rainy season will last thru mid-March. We shall see.
5. One of the women that has attended the library study in Porvenir for the last year has decided to be baptized. She has studied and attended the group that Abraham worships with in the Porvenir community. We rejoice with her and her decision and look forward to hearing the details of when and where.
6. I have written updates on all 3 children. I need Greg to help me post some video footage and we are good to publish. Be looking for those.
7. March is a big month. Our second incentive program for the Porvenir library happens this Saturday. We are hosting a back-to-school carnival for the Porvenir community a week after that. Ana starts school next Monday. And Ana turns 4 on the 23rd!
8. I started language classes again today. I will take them until Cohen arrives.
9. Greg and I are really being challenged in some similar thoughts lately. I will have to say that I am so blessed to struggle thru this step in my Christianity with my partner in ministry. God is molding us together, and that is a neat part of marriage.
10. Nearly 2 months from my due date! Collin, my brother, hopefully finds out his placement for residency this month and graduates from Med school 2 days after my due date. My mother's hip recovery seems to be going well, and she plans to make the trip to Arequipa to help us after Collin's graduation. It will be here before we know it.
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