08.08.08
Long time no write . . .
First allow us to apologize for not updating this more frequently. I’m afraid we ran into some hacker problems not too long after the last post, and lost all of our password-protected access until very recently, and since then we’ve been crazy busy.
We are now living in the US again. Ioan is climbing and crawling and generally getting himself into trouble. Mike is working, and very busy. And I’m trying to keep up with both of them, take care of the apartment, and get settled. So aside from moving half way around the world, it’s business-as-usual. God has blessed us in amazing ways during this transition - we had enough money to get through the summer, we were given a whole apartment full of furniture and most of the basic kitchen supplies - pots and pans and such. Most of the furniture and kitchenware was not only free, but is nicer than what we had in Korea, too - so that was an incredible blessing. God has also provided transportation for us. Ioan did really well with all of the traveling, visiting new people, adapting to American food (peas and greenbeans are things we didn’t get very often in Korea, and without my own blender zuchinni baby food is hard to find in the US) and various other adjustments. He is still his happy, out-going self and is still the happiest baby in the nursery. I had intended to start making my own baby-food again after we got settled, but a day or two after we moved into our apartment he started eating table food (cut up or mashed), so that is no longer a problem.
We are back at Grace Covenant Church, and loving it - but now we miss UBC! Guess we will just have to keep looking forward to heaven and being able to worship alongside our brothers and sisters from all over the world. Anyway, for now, Mike and I have been asked to be involved in developing a new ministry at our church here in Ohio. We’re going to be starting a children’s ministry on Sunday nights with an emphasis on learning basic doctrine. We’ll be using a catechism as the back-bone of the program, and then fleshing it out with Bible study, memory verses, etc. as we teach the kids the biblical foundation behind each point and then how we can apply it to our lives. Anyway, we’re really excited about seeing how things work out. The class is scheduled to start in mid-September, and between now and then we have to pick a curriculum, put a team together, and work out the logistics. We’re working with one of the associate pastors as well as with the Sunday School director to figure out all of these details.