Community life has been a new adventure for us. We have found that it is easy to lose track of our kids at times. But the good news is that there are lots of parental eyes all around campus. Several times I have felt like a terrible parent when one of the girls hasn't been seen for a couple hours. But hey, Mary and Joseph lost Jesus, of all people, for over a day. I now have a better understanding of how such a thing could happen. Kind of an odd way to learn more about a Bible story, but then again, maybe not.

I have a new video. (Lisa was teasing me about how much I am enjoying videos now. This one is complete with transistions. We have years of video at home we never watch. At least now we get to enjoy some of it.) This is one of our friends Nat playing with the kids. He is in the CDTS with us. It is great to see people connecting with our kids. Nat is a rancher from Texas who recently retired from his position as an airline pilot. He is a trained professional. Don't try this at home.



Nat's daughter is currently in the outreach phase of her DTS. His wife, Shirley, created a new proverb, "Train up a child in the way he should go; then follow them." I know we have been learning a lot from our daughters this past week. And Jesus did say that we must enter the kingdom as a little child. Yes, Shirley, there is much wisdom in that proverb.

Today we started school up again, as you may have seen from the 3 previous entries. It isn't like we have a full school schedule. We feel that the girls are doing much learning just with COD and life among the various nationalities. But they will be doing some grammar, writing, and math while we are here.