Batik
A week ago we were invited to go to the local batik factory and try our hand at making our own batik squares with some friends. Grace and Jasmin sent in their own designs, which the workers outlined with melted wax for us. We then enjoyed an hour or so of experimenting and painting with dyes on our cloths.
Conference
Last week we attended a conference together as a family. It was a bit of a long way for us - a whole day of travel, with many modes of transportation. We went by taxi, ferry, train, car, plane, taxi! It was well worth the travel though, to spend the week getting to know all the workers in our organization and hearing about all that God is doing in, through, and around them. The kids enjoyed hanging out with a bunch of new friends in a kid's program, complete with lots of crafts for our creative girls and games for our bouncy boy. It wasn't so much of a refreshing week, though, as the schedule was a pretty full daily 8-6! Still, there was plenty of space for prayer with a prayer corner and a few times of prayer stations and reflections.
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| Jasmin was bored during our long travels so decorating odd photos! |
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| Sunrise from the train |
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| prayer corner |
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| lunchtime free play |
Turtle Return
Just before we left for conference, one of our turtles escaped - right out of the house and we couldn't find her in the time we had. But, a day after we returned, a neighbour showed up at our door calling for Aiden and handed him a bucket with our turtle in it! As Aiden answered the door, we don't know the whole story, but the unexpected return of a mourned turtle had us laughing with delight and praising God.
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