Our littlest man is always on the move and I can’t get him to sit still for a clear picture! Two bottom teeth. Eating the same food as everyone else. Sleeping through the night. Walking everywhere. Almost always happy. Becoming a good playmate. (It’s a lot fun play to play with the two “little boys” together.) He’s a darling!

The rest of us are doing well with school. This is our 13th week and everyone seems to be enjoying our year!

Sunday, September 26, we had a baptism under our house for Isaiah, Anna, and Davi (our Khmer neighbor). Davi has been following Christ for almost two years now and a few months ago she said she wanted to be baptized. We made it really clear that baptism meant she was renouncing all the works of the Devil and turning 100% to Christ. This means no more participation in Buddhist ceremonies or having Buddhist charms in the home. It’s a big step to take. But Davi said she was ready. We were so excited. Due to Covid regulations and the fact that there is no Khmer church in our town, we held the baptism under our house. Davi’s sister, son, daughter, nieces, and nephew attended.

Isaiah and Anna were thrilled for the opportunity for be baptized. They’ve expressed a desire, but being baptized at Jarai church was very overwhelming for them. What a joy for us to see them baptized. This was Josh’s first time to conduct a baptism service. Later in the evening we had the Lord’s Supper. I’m so thankful for these lives! Thanks be to God!

September 17 we celebrated International Talk Like a Pirate Day! It’s our third year making a holiday of it. We spent the morning making clay turtles, pirate dancing, and practicing our Moby Dick play for our evening performance. Supper was hotdogs and beans.

After supper we had our Pirate Performance Night (youtube link below)! Each child recited a poem: Ezra – The Raccoon, Clara – The Goops, Anna – Mr. Nobody, Isaiah – The Blind Men and the Elephant, Becca – Adventures of Isabel.

We’ve been studying sea creatures in science and the kids had listened to Moby Dick (24 hours long). Afterwards we put together a short play for our performance night. The kids did great! Anna played Ishmael, Clara played Queequey, Isaiah played Captain Ahab, and Becca played the Innkeeper and Mate Starbuck. I tried to get Ezra to be the whale, but he wasn’t interested. The play was kept a secret from Josh. I was so proud of how the kids performed for him. A huge success! Pirate Day ended with ice cream and sleeping in the tent. Actually, it ended with me killing a rat in the bathroom with a broom after everyone else was in bed!