Bedtime Stories

Our nightly ritual ususally includes the reading of stories. We usually let the girls pick out the books they want to read. We've found the Beginner's Bible to be a wonderful tool.

Here's a quick glimplse at Daddy, Hope, and Abby preparing for bed with a good Bible story!

Hope, Abigial, Isabela Grace

Here is our favorite people group to minister to. Our 3 beautiful daughters. We've been memorizing scripture - one a week - we practice when we get up, throughout the day, and when we go to bed. God has truly blessed us! (Now just pray we remember this blessing as we wipe little bottoms & runny noses, referee Barbie Fashion Show fights, put on Dora the Explorer for the umpteenth time, and tuck them into bed - finally - after the hugs and kisses, the last bathroom break, the cup of cold water, and the bible stories)

Here's Abby............................................

And Hope.................................................
And Isabela Grace...............................(her fingers , or dedos in Portuguese, are her pacifier of choice!)

2007 Interclass Language Teachers

Oi! Tudo Bem! (Hi, How ya doin')

This is a slide show of our last-day-of-class-luncheon! We've had a wonderful year learning Portuguese from these teachers. God has used them in our lives to bless us with some knowledge of the Portuguese language! And - we hope that God has used us in their lives to bring each one of them closer to HIM.

(The whole "Tower of Babble" thing really irks me sometimes - this would be a whole lot easier if we all spoke one language - but, as SIN would have it, that's not the way things worked out, thus we continue to emark on our journey to learn Portuguese in order to tell folks here the awesome and incredible plan God's offered us for salvation!)

Anyway - here are some pictures of our wonderful luncheon!

Elvis Has Left the Building...

Elvis has left the Hoskins Family to help guard a new family. We loved her, she did her job, but seeing that we're moving to an apartment soon - and that Rottweilers are really not good apartment dogs, we prayed and prayed for a new family to adopt her! And thanks to a fellow missionary's help, Elvis now has a new home!

We said goodbye to her today - and the first thing the girls said after she left was - Mommy, now can we play in the backyard anytime we want?