Daddy's Girls

Sophia is enjoying her time in Bangkok.  She goes swimming at a hotel nearby and knows how to ask to for taxis.  When we take the Sky Train, she says hello and goodbye to all the choo-choos and gets excited when it's our turn to ride the choo-choo.  This trip is a planes, trains, and automobiles trip for her and she loves it.  She has gotten to go to Toys R Us and ride her first carousel.  

Isabelle update

Isabelle is doing better and better everyday.  She still has bile coming out of her body, but it is getting clearer every day.  This is a good sign that the surgery was a success.  Monday they will begin giving her electrolytes to see if she can digest those well.  If she can, then on Tuesday they will try breast milk to see how she handles that.  We can take her out of the case and hold her now, so that makes our visit with her much sweeter.  Although it's hard because Sophia is not allowed in the ICU so we have to take turns going inside to see Izzy.    

Baby Isabelle

This is Baby Isabelle, 6 lbs. and almost 3 oz.  She is still in ICU right now so we haven't gotten to hold her yet.  She was born on Sunday January 25 at 2:06pm.

FB Moss Bluff Volunteer team

We had a volunteer team come from FB Moss Bluff.  They did several medical camps around an area that has many ethnic Tibetans living there during the winter season because it is too cold to stay in the mountains during the winter.  The team also visited some orphanages and did other things to help out our ministry among the Tibetans in Nepal.  At one school for Mustangi children they did a hygiene clinic.  They washed the children's hair and treated their hair for lice.  

Getting ready for Thailand

We are getting ready to leave the cold and head to the warmth of Thailand.  We will be there almost two months to deliver our second baby, Isabelle Kate.  We are looking forward to eating the good food and having electricity 24 hours a day (right now the power is out 18 hours a day in Nepal.  What's the point in having electricity at all?)  

Christmas party with Tibetans

We held a Christmas party in our home for all our Tibetan friends around the neighborhood.  It was very successful because all the Tibetans that came, about 25, said that it was their first Christmas party to attend.  The gospel message was shared through Bo and a translator as he told the Christmas story.  We can only pray that what was heard will transform their hearts to want to know more.  

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a good time even though we were away from family.  We all pitched in to buy an imported turkey at $80!!  We smoked it, had lots of other goodies then played football.  I think the only thing we were missing was the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and college football games on TV.  

Baby it's cold outside!

It's getting cold in Kathmandu and with the cold comes an awesome view of the mountains.  This picture does not do it justice, but in the winter you can see the Himalayan mountains that surround the Kathmandu valley.  It is absolutely incredible to see.  

The picture of Sophia sleeping is of her new bed.  Now she has sheets and blankets that match, but in this picture she did not.  Not only is it hard for the Nepalis to understand why we wanted rails on the bed, but it was also hard to have the sheets made.  You can't buy sheets here and they do not have the concept of a fitted sheet, so it took about one month to get the bed and the bedding all correct.  The mattress actually barely fits in the bed but we just wanted to the bed to be ready so we are dealing with it.