Numbers

Greetings from Tbilisi, the beautiful capital of Georgia!

Aaron is currently learning the basics of accounting. Pray for him as he balances many numbers! Aaron also tutors Audrey, Greg and Tammy Jenkins' fifteen year old daughter, in algebra. 

(Beth prefers tutoring in English. Gia, the Bible college's director, and his wife Angela are excellent students). 

There are other numbers we often think about: the exchange rate (Russians use rubles and Georgians Lari), the time difference, and the tenth. On Wednesday a Georgian doctor told us to expect our first child the tenth of October.       

Pictures to come...

 

Light Part 2

Gathering wood
Light
Fire

Khabarovsk's first Royal Ranger Outpost has grown from four to nine Royal Rangers.

The children recently built their first A-frame fires.

The fires were immediately put out and we ran inside to warm our hands. (From what we have observed there is not a temperature cold enough for Russians to cancel outdoor activities: burrrrrr!).

Deanna

Deanna
What's a birthday party without balloons?
Cecil, dressed as the (intimidating) buffalo, chasing Vera
Hiding from the buffalo

There is a new addition to the Eshelman family. Cecil and Tonya (Cecil is American and Tonya Russian) adopted Deanna from an orphanage. Deanna joins 9 year old Timothy Eshelman and 8 year old Vera Eshlman.

Above are pictures of Deanna's 7th birthday party. The party had a Western theme. Deanna, Timothy and the other children dressed as Indians, Cecil dressed as a buffalo, and Vera dressed as a clown.

Congratulations Cecil and Tonya! The two of you are officially outnumbered by children!

And Deanna, this is our prayer for you:

"The Lord bless you and keep you;

The Lord make his face shine upon you,

And be gracious to you;

The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,

And give you peace."

Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV)

Welcome home Deanna!

Below Zero

Oh the weather outside is frightful (and very much below zero) and beautiful ice sculptures decorate Lenin Square in downtown Khabarovsk.

Have you seen the I Love Lucy episode in which she is locked in a freezer? We too have (seriously) experienced eyelashes that freeze!

Aaron, a native Floridian, is throughly enjoying his first winter and can only laugh when hit by a cold gust of wind.