Recent Highlights

Well, it's finally Spring! In the US the seasonal change is more drastic. Here it's just getting warmer and we are getting ready for April, the hottest month of the year in Cambodia.

Highlights of the past several weeks have been...
-Learning new songs to sing in Khmer and in English. Ryan bought some Khmer worship C.D.'s recently and Juliana has enjoyed learning Bible Story songs by listening to Focus on the Family's "Sing through the Bible" that her Auntie Joanne sent to her.

Juliana singing and drumming...

-Fun conversations with our house helper, Nyaw. We continue to find great joy in growing in our relationship with her. We also enjoy the opportunity for us to practice our language skills with her.

Nyaw with two of her daughters, their friends, and our little ones.

-Ryan bought a guitar with Christmas money and hopes to learn to play half as well as his older brother Randy. (Check out http://www.umbles.com/music.htm )

-Juliana has enjoyed biking, drawing, and speaking other languages. She is a self-proclaimed linguist. Besides English and some Khmer, she claims to be able to speak Korean, Chinese, Spanish, and German. If we try to join her in speaking her version of one of these languages, she is quick to say, "You're not saying it right!" She's sharp and creative, but at the present it's not very fun to be her student. :)

Biking and Walking.

-Kai enjoys using his little legs and has even occasionally practiced running. He's not at all interested in a pacifier/nuk, but we'll often find him with one of his cloths hanging out of his mouth. Especially during times of teething, he finds much comfort sucking on one of his cloths. In some ways, he reminds us of the "Peanuts"character, Linus.

The man and his cloth

Well, that's all for now. May you and your family enjoy the sights and sounds of Spring!

-Ryan