Well, this weekend Aiden got used to being held 100% of the time. Result? He is having a hard time getting used to not being held. That's okay though, he still looks like an angel when he sleeps!

This weekend was incredible, amazing. I want to tell you about it but I am really, really tired. Aiden was magnificant. I was able to attend all the sessions and evening activities with him in our didymos sling. He is exhausted also and spending lots of time sleeping today. Keep checking, if you are curious as to what we have learned, and we will post some stuff in the upcomming days as we recover. I miss all of you in Texas but I am more certain then ever that this is where God wants us right now.

Blessings,
Janiece

Hi! This weekend is a VERY packed seminar series that the college set up for the students (and anyone else who was interested). We are going to be doing a number of lectures, recitals, worship times with a man named Jeremy Begbie. The topic? Well, it is hard to narrow down but could probably be said to be theology and the arts. If you are interested in what we are doing here is a website: www.soundhope.ca

Also, we will try and post short bits on what we learn. Please pray for us.... that God will speak to us during this weekend. Not only are we slower than many others when it comes to the arts (the fault of our strictly science background) but we will also be juggling the responsibilities of a baby whose bedtime is 7pm. Unfortunately there is an event every night after his bedtime... guess we will have a chance to be creative!

Ok, some people have been asking for pictures... here is one of Aiden. He will probably not like the fact that we posted this very much when he gets older, but for now he doesn't mind! We try to give him diaper-free time occasionally to let all that skin dry. He will be 5 months old next week!

Some may say that it is too early to begin to think about how we would like to educate our child(ren). I could excuse myself by saying that it is because we are so involved in the education that we are receiving right now that we can't help but think of ways we would like to pass it on to Aiden and the others. I think many parts of Augustine College have woken us up to a mental ideal of what we would like to provide for our children, but I also feel like God himself is urging us on to uncover how we will do this. Anyway, all thinking about thoughts aside, Josh and I have been looking more and more at classical homeschooling stuff. All of a sudden I am looking at Aiden wondering when he will be able to learn to read, count, and speak Hebrew. *laugh* Then I stop and have a reality check. As exciting as it seems at this point to teach our little man "important stuff" like how to read sometime in the future, it could be that he is learning some of the most important stuff right now. For example, he is learning about relationships between other people, relationships between a husband and a wife, relationships between someone and God. He is mostly learning all of this by watching his parents (Josh and I). Then I realize how important it is that I behave rightly so my little boy will learn rightly. Then I am convicted and pray for regeneration.

Too long since last post....
Too much has happened...

Josh, Aiden, and I are all still here in Canada enjoying and learning. We continually feel blessed and are excited as things wrap up and we get ready to head home. Ryan went home to Dallas today. We are really going to miss him here and it has been good to see him learn and grow this year. If you read this, please join us in praying that God will help him to assimilate everything he learned this year and that God will be preparing Ryan for the ministry He has planned in Thailand and the rest of Fourth Year.


I found the following article: Blogitelling about blogging. I think this is the main reason that I havn't blogged as much as I would like to. When you get to sharing what you REALLY think on the internet there seems to be too many factors that you can't control so that makes me cut back in what I post. The particular thing that I can't control is how people will interperet what I say and I am not there with them as they read it to explain myself further. Even more than my desire to not misrepresent myself is my desire to not misrepresent my Saviour.

Ok, and to share a particularly sweet moment with you all....

This evening Josh was reading Scripture to Aiden and I. I was holding Aiden in my lap and for a portion of the reading Aiden practiced his balance in sitting up. As Josh continued to read, Aiden looked up and stared at his Daddy's face. I watched Aiden's face as he responded to the inflections in Josh's voice. Sometimes Aiden would give a tiny smile, sometimes his forehead would wrinkle. The whole time I prayed that God would pour Himself and His Word into Aiden's heart. I hope our son will always love God, love His Word, and love His people.