Crossing Cultures

We are in Arizona with our Mongolian friends, Enkee and Hongroo. It has been a good time together here. It is fun to connect with them in a new way. We are usually in Mongolia always studying culture and asking questions to make sure that we are doing the right thing. Now the roles are reversed and we are answering questions and helping with cultural things. Today we went to Lake Havasu and a friend took us all out boating. It was a such a good time. They have been spending their evenings scrapbooking some pictures of their trip and chatting with some friends in Mongolia on Yahoo messenger.

It is fun to live together and deepen our friendships and experiences together. I will post pictures soon.

Friends on the way

Enkee and Hongroo are coming to California to visit with us. They are in America for medical treatment. Hongroo has been in IL for epilepsy treatment. She was not a candidate for the surgery as hoped. The doctors were able to treat her with the correct medicine and her quality of life has increased dramatically. We are so happy to hear that.

They arrive this evening and will spend the week with us. We will do some fun things together. We are going to Arizona together too.

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Pictures

Here are some recent pictures:

We rode donkeys, a tractor and quads at the Barcus' house in Montana. We hiked in the forest too. Weston decided he likes to look at the camera now and that he likes to pose with Sierra! Both good developments, since the last year I've just had pictures of him with his eyes closed or running away! He got a new haircut too!

October Update

We had a great cross-country trip and have been home for about a week. It is good to have the kids in their beds and sleeping a little better again. We have been at some great churches as we visited the States. It has been good to be in church with believers again. It is so great to sing in English and really enjoy the worship.

Weston got his cast off yesterday---the "tickle saw" cut it right off. He also had a follow up with the eye doctor and was able to see the eye chart well. For small children they have a chart that has pictures on it. The first one was a picture of a handprint. The doctor asked what he saw and Wes said, "I think it's a clue." Both the doctor and I were a bit puzzled, then I realized he was thinking of the TV show Blue's Clues. The dog Blue leaves a paw print on clues. I explained to the doctor. We both laughed. The next picture was of an old fashioned rotary telephone. Weston has never seen one of those so he said, "I think it is the thinking chair!" Blue's Clues has a very large chair with circular arms and it looks just like the old phones. By this time I was cracking up!!! I think he must of thought the doctor had a blues clues theme!

Sierra is doing well. Her first word was doggie. She says mama, dada, and more too!

Our cross-country trip is wrapping it up.

We are in Washington state. We have had a wonderful trip crossing the country visiting friends and supporting churches.

I will post more pictures soon.

We are about to write our own song like the 12 days of Christmas- but it would be about 12 security check points...
on the first security check point my true love gave to me,
one double stroller
two little children
three laptops
four backpacks
five screaming fits...
six one ounce fluids
seven tsa bins
eight tennis shoes
nine flights so far
ten people waiting
eleven small toys
twelve snack foods

You get the idea... it will be good to be settled at home for a while too!

Montana Ministry

It is so beautiful in Montana. The fall colors are in full swing here. As we drive through town there are views of the snowy mountains and yellow trees that line the river that runs through town!

We have had some wonderful opportunities to speak at churches and study the Bible with Cornerstone and Crossroads churches here. It is good to see the growth and changes in churches that we haven't seen in several years. We are so blessed to be a part of so many lives and churches as their missionaries!