Scratch that Date!

Well, well... Sara had another plan.

At 10:30pm Joy went into labour. She started out at 5 minutes between contractions. We waited until about 3am to call the doctor because Joy had had a period of contractions on Wednesday. After listening to Joy have a contraction over the phone he said to come on in.

After Jean and Richard arrived we headed in. They checked her BP and then pretty much said that, "We and she are ready".

Unlike WDH I was not permitted to go into the OR so I had to wait for the pediatrician to bring her out. She was beautiful. She was 6lbs and 11oz and measured 20.5 inches.

Mommy and Sara are resting peacefully.

-knme

Houston, we have a date!

After much waiting and many trips into the capital to visit the doctor .... and have fun ultrasounds performed we now believe we have a date for the c-section.

Barring an early (and unexpected) arrival Joy will go in for the c-section on Wednesday, 24 November, at 7:30am.

We will spend the weekend finishing up any last minute items. I (Ken) am expecting to take off next Wednesday through the following week -- maybe going in to the office for an hour here or there.

The school has been very supportive and has encouraged us to take whatever time we need.

-knme

Show Information

If you are interested in tuning in to see the CAG production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" the link information is below. The show starts at 7pm Central American Time (8pm Eastern).

Site: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cag-charliebrown

Password: youreagoodman

Three more days to go!

-knme

Blessings Abound

The Lord has blessed us with a van! Last week we completed the deal of buying the van from our Yanaga friends... they ended up buying a car from another missionary teacher here at school -- everything just worked out.

To finance this we had to be creative with the finances... we ask that you continue to be in prayer about continued support towards this cause.

We're about nineteen (19) days out from the birth of our newest family member. As I write this Joy is at the baby doctor for a routine checkup (rescheduled twice due to the doctor being called in for surgery).

Preparations for the show continue yet we're looking forward to the down-time between the show and the baby-birth.

-knme

Weekend Update

Good morning. It is 6:26am. The sun is shining over the eastern mountain. Coffee is brewed. Family sleeps.

Our friends from Chichi (Don, Heather, Aiden, Ali, and Olivia) left yesterday noon. It was awesome to see the kids playing together again. It was also good for us to have little Olivia here because it helped us to see the little things a little one will get into. Granted we have a wee bit of time before our new baby girl (*sigh* - yes, she is still unnamed) starts crawling and walking.

The rest of our weekend was peaceful. Abigail has taken the "writers workshop" to the next level. She has personally penned three stories. We are really excited to see her truly enjoying this new hobby. We're thinking of taking out stock in the paper company.

Ohhhhh, we may have an awesome answer to prayer! It looks like our transportation problem has been solved. Richard and Jean, the owners of the van we've used off-and-on for the last month or so have found a vehicle from another missionary family (friends of ours) for a very reasonable price. So it looks like we will be able to get the van from them for much less than we were originally thinking - $2,500.

However, we still need to pay for it (slight complication). Please continue to pray over this because we see it as the Lord blessing us with a reliable vehicle for about 50% of what the vehicle is worth.

Moving on!

-knme

Canadian Thanksgiving

Well with the anticipated date for thesection being 24 or 25 November we decided to go all out forCanadian Thanksgiving this year. We invited a few of our friends, boughta turkey, and enjoy ourselves.

The food was wonderful. I believe a

good time was enjoyed by all.

-knme

Picture day? Whooops...

So our noble cause this morning was picture day.

I (Kenneth) got up at 5:40am and blew through the shower. I took considerable care to make sure every hair was in place. On the way through to get Abigail I poked the pregnant sleeping beauty (life in own hands, I realize).

Abigail was unusually pleasant with the idea of the "bower" (Daddy's cross between a bath and a shower). I literally scooped her up and placed her in the tub. One squeaky clean girl later we were getting her dressed. Beautiful dress on, teeth brushed, hair combed, smile on... ready!

Emma, pre-"bowered" from the night before, gets dressed because she gets to hang out with Daddy this morning.

Upstairs we all go for breakfast... Abigail spills a little bit of milk on her dress... no big deal (recalls some famous saying about spilled milk).

Lunch packed after considerable distress at the idea of having her first sandwich in over two weeks -- oh the agony. Compromise: left over rice, corn, and crock-pot-chicken -- ok, we're happy now. Her sandwich will have to wait for another day.

Dog out, kids in car, computer in car, 'rents in car -- all set and ready for take off. Not bad, only 10 minutes late. We're in good shape. Have to be to school for 7:30 for staff picture. Normal 10 minute drive -- 20 minutes in the morning due to traffic. Departure time: 7:15... *sigh*

Oh yeah, elementary picture day is tomorrow -- no time to change Abigail now... off we go.

Traffic.

Oh why do they have to come down the two lane road (one lane coming and one lane going) side-by-side?! I mean there are two lanes: one for us and two for them? What?!

Oh yeah... today was pizza day for Abigail... *sigh*, serious?

-knme