Prayer Requests

I have two important prayer requests. The first one is the nephew of a friend of mine in the church in Chemnitz. His name is Kevin and he is 4 years old. He has been struggling with brain tumors now for several months. I am not sure exactly when he was diagnosed, but I know it all came on very suddenly. They have just discovered that he has more tumors in between his vertebrae. There have been many prayers said on his behalf and I think many people may not know exactly what to pray for. But I just ask that we pray now for the family. Let us pray that God will comfort all those who love Kevin and may there be some way that God's love is shown to them.

I also want to ask that you pray for Jan, an 11 year old boy here in Chemnitz. On Sunday morning he collapsed in the church building and was taken to the hospital. We are not really sure what happened or what is wrong, but please pray for the doctors, that they can treat him and help him with whatever is going on. Please also pray for his family at this time.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. God really is listening and I know he will answer!

Baby Shower Fun

So I decided that I need to write a real blog so that some of you stop wondering why I even have one. :)

Today was a busy day. This morning we had our Frauenfrühstück (Women's breakfast). We have tried to meet once a month and enjoy fellowship, singing and a short devotional thought with all the women in the church and any friends who are interested in coming. It it always a really nice time to get to talk to all the women and I must say the food isn't half bad either! :) I have had the opportunity to lead singing at this breakfast and I enjoy doing it since I love singing.

Also this afternoon was a baby shower held for Annette Rössel from Dresden. She is due in February and the ladies in Dresden planned a baby shower for her and I must say they planned a really great party! I'm sure Annette was very pleased with the way it turned out. We played several really fun games (with prizes, I might add). We also had some really great food too! Those Dresden girls sure are creative not only with their party planning, but their decorating and food creations! Good job girls!

In reference to the games that we played, I have a funny story to tell. One of the first games that was explained was the fact that pregnant women can't cross their legs very easily so we were all told that we were not allowed to cross our legs for the entirety of the party. Every woman had a ribbon pinned on their shirt and any time we caught another person crossing her legs we could take their ribbon. The person that ended the party with the most ribbons, won a prize. Well, to the dismay of Pam Sullivan, I won! :) (Sorry Pam!) We were just teasing each other the entire time and competing against each other. The funny thing was that I beat her at another game that had to do with ribbons. We were able to cut a strip of ribbon which we had to guess how big around Annette was and then measure it around her. I was the closest to her real size and therefore won another prize. For some reason Pam and I have just had a lot of competition with each other lately... ;)

All in all, it was a good day, but lots of activities. Hope you enjoyed hearing about some of it... and if you didn't... well then you don't have to read my blog! :) Just kidding...

Sweet Christmas Angels

Sweet Christmas Angels
Originally uploaded by Clint & April.

These are my two precious nieces, Claire (with her cute little tongue sticking out) and Ashlyn. They looked so sweet with their matching Christmas dresses! I miss them sooo much! I am, however, the proudest aunt no matter how far away I may live. :)