tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56525642011-08-05T21:14:31.728-07:00Loyd CampfireFor all who wish to follow our travels and engage with us in conversation.Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comBlogger1921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-44902595354968535492008-03-25T16:35:00.000-07:002008-03-25T16:43:04.533-07:00Does God honor our burnt out efforts to worship Him? You know, those gritting-your-teeth, I'd-rather-do-something-else-but-I-know-I'm-supposed-to-do-this times. Is that honoring to God? I know he wants our heart-felt efforts, and I love worshiping Him wholy, but does He accept our teeth-gritting obedience?Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1138078796347570982006-01-23T20:52:00.000-08:002006-01-23T20:59:56.356-08:00Well, I know at least 2 of you are out there. Thank you for reading! This post may provide you with some other reading material that will keep you busy until my next posting. I think most people know that Josh and I want to be missionaries and our first choice for a sending agency is the International Mission Board through the Southern Baptist convention. As things stand right now we are not Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1137704188442999792006-01-19T12:52:00.000-08:002006-01-19T12:56:28.453-08:00Ok, I am posting. Do you know how overwhelming it is to post when I havn't posted in so long? Life has been overwhelming (but joyful) and that is why I havn't put anything up here as of late. I am not going to worry about catching you up on the last 3 months, you can call me if you want an update. :) I will tell you that our adoption agency hopes to be licensed in the next few weeks and we mayJoshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1130778652786348872005-10-31T09:05:00.000-08:002005-10-31T09:10:52.796-08:00Two years ago God blessed us with a little boy and our lives have continued to be blessed by his presence. He is growing up so fast and it is so much fun to see how he is changing.Happy Birthday to my little Canadian!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1130775045244061762005-10-31T08:09:00.000-08:002005-10-31T08:10:45.256-08:00Today is Aiden's 2nd birthday! Today he also counted to ten all by himself. It's so amazing to watch him grown up and to wonder what he'll be like next year.Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1130338485648209052005-10-26T07:53:00.000-07:002005-10-26T07:54:45.653-07:00Here's some pictures of our boys!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1129812311270003482005-10-20T05:43:00.000-07:002005-10-20T05:45:11.276-07:00Isaac stood up yesterday!He was bent over holding onto my knee and he pushed up and stood there for about 1/2 a second before he landed on his bottom. It was definately a stand. He is so amazing... only 6 and 1/2 months old.We are doing well here, very busy but happy.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1129668737222639952005-10-18T13:50:00.000-07:002005-10-18T13:52:17.226-07:00Aiden said his first sentence:"I love you."SO CUTE!meanwhile, we have the cheapest gas in the nation: I just filled up at $2.19/gallon. It went up to $2.29 right after though.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1127309933056109722005-09-21T06:29:00.000-07:002005-09-21T06:38:53.063-07:00OKOK!I'm blogging....Let's see. Josh has next week off. We are going to be hosting a medical student for the next month (she's from Georgia). I think we need to buy a queen bed so we can bring the futon down stairs so there is more room for guests. The adoption is continuing, we should be beginning the homestudy sometime next week. Aiden and Isaac continue to grow. Aiden is becomming a littleJoshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1125079116033017432005-08-26T10:53:00.000-07:002005-08-26T10:58:36.036-07:00We went to the doctor today for well-child check-ups. That is the toughest thing I could ever do with kids this age. 2-hours later we emerged... all of us exhausted. Have you ever tried keeping 2 kids under 2 happy in a room where they can't lay on the floor, there are no toys, there is no safe surface to put the rolling baby on, and "no, Aiden, we are not going home yet, don't open the door..Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1125026722023736482005-08-25T20:15:00.000-07:002005-08-25T20:25:22.030-07:00Not alot going on right now that is jucy stuff for posting. Just trying to keep getting better at being a wife, momma, child of God. Lots of physical busyness which is good for keeping me from moping or feeling disconnected with the outside world. I am just sitting here trying to ooch up the energy to finish the adoption application and wishing my hubby could be home tonight. I spent some Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1124857161515953172005-08-23T21:17:00.000-07:002005-08-23T21:19:21.520-07:00For Kristen,I don't know. This just seems like something we could laugh about together. I miss you!Across the street from our apartment:Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1124733179797046282005-08-22T10:49:00.000-07:002005-08-22T10:52:59.803-07:00Yesterday was Josh's day off which gave him a good oppertunity to get sick- so he did. I tried to be as loving and nurturing as I could but it was hard to fight the dissappointment that he was out of commission on what I also viewed as my "day off" or at least my "day with help." That said, he seems to be feeling better today and we have had a productive day here at home. I am very happy to Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1124482118441223382005-08-19T13:05:00.000-07:002005-08-19T13:08:38.446-07:00We're Teething!!Isaac is getting his bottom front teeth (first teeth at 4 and 1/2 months!) and Aiden is getting his bottom canines. Isaac is still good-natured, just a little fussier and a lot droolier. Aiden is sweet, but has a low-grade fever, runny nose, and almost as much drool as his brother. As far as I know though, I am not teething (WHEW!). Although, come to think of it, I still havn'tJoshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1124282632499380162005-08-17T05:40:00.000-07:002005-08-17T05:43:52.506-07:00Hi,so busy here in Oklahoma City. Josh is working a 7-day stint and usually works 12 hours or so a day. We are looking forward to Sunday (his day off) and not doing anything other than go to Church. This past weekend my brother and sister-in-law came to visit and we had a great time. I will post pictures of that later. For those of you who have e-mailed me don't worry... I am working on Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1123714374342643512005-08-10T15:49:00.000-07:002005-08-10T15:52:54.350-07:00Not much to report, it has been a good and busy day. When was a day anything but busy though?!? :)To Anne, who offered to send me tea. THANKS! send me an e-mail address. I am hesitant to publish my e-mail address for fear of spammers so I will do it in a sort of code:my email address is in this form : firstnamemiddlename@gmail.comIn place of firstname put my first name.In place of middlename Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1123643546977182852005-08-09T19:51:00.000-07:002005-08-09T20:12:27.003-07:00Mmmm...Here I sit drinking one of the final teabags of Tetley Rooibos Vanilla Tea from Canada. Ah.... I miss Canada.In other news, Isaac is sitting up! He gets quite cranky laying down so I started trying to sit him up today. He is so excited! He gets really happy and then straightens his body out and falls over. Aiden was very happy to have his brother sitting up too!Why are we adopting you may Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1123619050274089162005-08-09T13:12:00.000-07:002005-08-09T13:24:10.280-07:00Isaac is just a little over 4 months old and he wants some of HIS pictures on our blog site too!Here he is lounging on the Couch (If anyone knows a good photo manipulation program for PCs let me know!)Here he is being serious (he is quite smiley until you put a camera in front of him!)And here is his big brother helping me out in the kitchen:Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1123618336236791122005-08-09T13:08:00.000-07:002005-08-09T13:12:16.243-07:00We are starting the process of adopting a little girl from Vietnam. It involves LOTS of paperwork and about a years worth of proceedings so we are beginning now. That means that our little girl exists now. She may be in her birth mother's tummy right now, but she exists. That is a stunning thought. So I pray for her, wherever she is and I look forward to holding her in my arms.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1123333634632001772005-08-06T06:01:00.000-07:002005-08-06T06:07:15.233-07:00So Aiden is becomming a big boy!He has moved out of his highchair and onto a pile of phone books.Isaac wants the high chair!Aiden empties his own potty into the toilet (with a little splashing that Mom cleans up)I went to a ladies night last night at church. It was so wonderful to sit there and have someone else bring me a plate of food that I almost cried (embarassing!). They had childcare Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1123168207693038802005-08-04T07:54:00.000-07:002005-08-04T08:10:07.703-07:00Tales from the Pot...Potty training was exhausting. I started last Wednesday when I checked out "Once upon a Potty" video-version from the Library. I think Aiden and I watched the 10 minute show 20 times on Thursday- no kidding!We took a small break over the weekend when Kathleen and Rebecca came to visit. TONS of dispairing on Tuesday thinking my little boy would still be wearing diapers whenJoshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1123157561100742582005-08-04T04:59:00.000-07:002005-08-04T05:12:41.106-07:00I'm exhausted today... that deep-down exhaustion that I associate with all-night cramming for an exam or having a newborn. We have been having breakfast at 6 so we can eat as a family and then Josh doesn't get home until 7 or a little after. Time as a family and time as a couple is so precious right now. So I'm tired, and my defenses are down. I feel aggrivation, anger, and irritation Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1123094749055406942005-08-03T11:33:00.000-07:002005-08-03T11:45:49.063-07:00So He's A Loyd....My husband and my brother-in-law (Josh and Ryan) are famous for their ability to sleep. Josh fell asleep RUNNING one day in X-Country Track in High School. When Josh is driving he will stop at a stop light and say "tell me when it turns green" while he catches a couple seconds of shut-eye. It is really fun being married to such a wonderful sleeper! Well, we are potty training (Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1123095301860981132005-08-02T15:45:00.000-07:002005-08-03T11:55:01.860-07:00Aiden's Nana (my mom) sent him paints so we painted today. He had a great time and did a beautiful painting (for a 21-month-old) Recently I have heard several people comment on how they did not want to stay home because they 1 need to get out (time away from kids) 2 wouldn't know what to do (boredom) or 3 would not feel that they were doing something worthwhile (low self-esteem). To all of thoseJoshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1122914663391577722005-08-01T09:21:00.000-07:002005-08-01T09:44:23.426-07:00Josh and I celebrated our anniversary last Thursday. It is hard to believe that 2 kids and 4 years ago I was single. I have been so abundantly blessed. We are settling in well here and getting to know people a little at a time. I am learning how to make our home environment a joyful and happy place. It has been fun (and sobering) to realize the effect my emotions have on my children and my Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1121219977460755512005-07-12T18:58:00.000-07:002005-07-20T18:36:59.233-07:00Here is a picture of me with my beautiful fiancee:Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14065049692268111910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1119072263112571462005-06-17T22:08:00.000-07:002005-06-17T22:24:23.116-07:00Howdy All,Sorry I haven't posted in a long, long, long...... well you get the point. I just returned from a couple of weeks back in Thailand visiting my girlfriend's family. For those who don't know yet, last summer while working in the mission clinic in Chiangklang, Thailand I fell head over heals for the beautiful young woman who runs the laboratory, Seng (pronounced like "I sang a song" withRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14065049692268111910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1113403614676868622005-04-13T07:43:00.000-07:002005-04-13T07:46:54.676-07:00Things are still going pretty well. I am feeling a lot better a lot faster after Isaac's birth than after Aiden's. Getting enough sleep with baby #2, however, is a lot more difficult so I am trying to figure out how to do that. Josh is in a pretty easy rotation right now which means he is still able to be a huge help to me. Being married to Mr. Wonderful has its advantages! We are going Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1112721619329478242005-04-05T10:15:00.000-07:002005-04-05T10:20:19.330-07:00Aiden is learning how to be a big brother. He has had a couple of instances of jealousy but for the most part has done really well. He points at Isaac when he makes any noises and loves to hug and kiss him (we have to be careful that his hugs don't become too exuberant). Here is Aiden holding his little brother.Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1112644507786148152005-04-04T12:52:00.000-07:002005-04-04T12:55:07.786-07:00Today I have had a chance to sit and enjoy my family: Isaac is so new and just amazing to watch. Aiden is ever curious about this new little person and we just have to make sure he doesn't smoosh Isaac with an over-enthusiastic hug. Joshua is being an amazing house-husband and letting me just take care of Isaac and love on Aiden. I feel truly blessed.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1112552299788895722005-04-03T10:58:00.000-07:002005-04-03T11:18:19.790-07:00Praise God! For unto us another child is born!!! Isaac Tate Silaa Loyd (pronounce Silaa as see-laaaa) was born this morning at 6:21 AM. Janiece did amazingly well and God's grace shown upon us throughout the birth. Isaac is 8lb 2oz and 21 in long (exactly the length and weight that Aiden was when he was born). Thank you for all who have been holding us up in prayer.Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1109195907423075362005-02-23T13:49:00.000-08:002005-02-23T13:58:27.426-08:00Josh and I are facing actually having an income this July when he starts residency. We are praying and thinking hard about the best and Godly-est way to handle the money that we will be stewards of. Result? We have a renewed committment to handle money carefully and *gasp!* frugally. *laugh* So far, we are having fun watching our remaining loan monies stretch with our efforts. For example: I am Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1108777540035237162005-02-18T17:40:00.000-08:002005-02-18T17:45:40.036-08:00We've been hanging out at my parents this afternoon. Here's a picture of Aiden walking around with his bucket of blocks. I thought it was just too cute a picture to pass up on.Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1108060857115531482005-02-10T11:33:00.000-08:002005-02-10T10:42:05.673-08:00I'm on my radiology rotation at med school right now, which has been termed 'radiholiday' by some. It's not quite as much of a holiday if you are actually trying to learn radiology, which I am, but it's still not bad either. One of the lecturers this morning is an old country boy who grew up on a farm milking cows and hunting and the like. He always has alot of fun stories and bits of random Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1107462426168477142005-02-03T23:19:00.000-08:002005-02-03T12:27:06.166-08:00Not too much to report. These will be rather mundane postings as I try to get back in the habit of posting again. :) Grocery shopping is such a traumatic experience for Aiden and I! I never know what to do with Aiden when I am unloading the car. I can leave him in the car (questionable security) while he screams and I make the trips to/from the apartment. I can leave him in the apartment Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1107355185020095302005-02-01T17:38:00.000-08:002005-02-02T06:39:45.020-08:00Well, we are going to try and keep up with this like we promised. It has been a while since we posted and some of you havn't seen us in a while. Right now we are trying to figure out what residency to go to, I am sewing summer clothes for Aiden, and Josh has taken a part-time job to provide a little extra income. Aiden is growing wonderfully and beautifully. It is really exciting to be his Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1099254927522052222004-10-31T12:33:00.000-08:002004-10-31T12:35:27.523-08:00One of the things I love about being a dad...
Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1098452279696978832004-10-22T06:24:00.000-07:002004-10-22T06:37:59.696-07:00Yesterday was exhausting. Josh left at 4:30am (I think....) for the hospital and I worked on a couple of midwifery things that I am trying to do. Donna (the midwife I am working for) called at 6:30 or so and said she was giving me advance warning that a lady (who said I could catch her baby) was thinking she was in labor. So I call mom, bundle Aiden up, and gather some toys for him. Oh yeah, Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1094485939186188242004-09-06T08:40:00.000-07:002004-09-06T08:52:19.186-07:00Well, we're back in the States and starting in again with our medical school rotations. Janiece and I are in Childress, TX where I am working with a rural doc in a small town clinic and hospital. For those of you who have never heard of Childress, it is a town of about 7,000 half-way between Wichita Falls and Amarillo. Unfortunately we don't have internet there, which is the reason we have Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1092463273644626912004-08-13T22:42:00.000-07:002004-08-14T00:22:40.013-07:00Well, it is only a few more days before we leave Thailand and end this summer adventure. We have been a little lax in our blogging but I am happy to report that the mobile clinic Ryan and I went on last weekend was a great success. Thank you to all who kept us so faithfully in your prayers. Dr. Tom, Ryan, and I took last weekend to drive up near the northern border of Thailand for a moblie Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864914219111132004-08-07T00:48:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:48:34.220-07:00Aiden and I played hide-and-go-seek in the hotel room and he loved it when I "hid" on the bed and he could pull himself up and "find" me!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864810581255262004-08-07T00:46:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:46:50.580-07:00So I finally got a pic of Aiden's top teeth!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864731436347722004-08-07T00:45:00.001-07:002004-08-07T00:45:31.436-07:00Here's my first attempt to get a pic of Aiden's top teeth. His expression is so funny I just wanted to share it with you!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864715716697572004-08-07T00:45:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:45:15.716-07:00Here's Aiden's little mess. He found out that toilet paper is lots of fun to tear up!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864693028445042004-08-07T00:44:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:44:53.026-07:00Here is the beautiful Thai building on the resort. It is all teak wood and most of it is open to the outside. Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864593181684912004-08-07T00:43:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:43:13.180-07:00Here's Aiden and Josh enjoying the swing. Right after this picture, I was using the video camera and I caught Aiden's first wave! He is sure growing up.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864531300623202004-08-07T00:42:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:42:11.300-07:00Here is the building that our room was in. The front of the building is a traditional Thai-style building. Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864478604487162004-08-07T00:41:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:41:18.603-07:00Aiden and I at the resort. You can see the ricefields in the background. The lighting makes it look fake because we had to turn the flash on, but I promise it is a real background!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864423467521172004-08-07T00:40:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:40:23.466-07:00Here's Aiden climbing. He insists on climbing on top of his walker so we have had to put it away when he is not being fed or running around outside.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864358612312762004-08-07T00:39:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:39:18.613-07:00Here's Ryan painting. Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864335734548212004-08-07T00:38:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:38:55.733-07:00Here's Josh painting. You can't tell.. but his shorts and shirt are pink-toned because I washed them with the wrong thing. :) Sorry sweetheart!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091864249515177022004-08-07T00:37:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:37:29.516-07:00Here's the guys painting the building we live in. The first window on the first floor is Josh's and my window. Anyway, our building is beu-tiful now and I think we will call it the "Mariott."Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091863923483991602004-08-07T00:24:00.000-07:002004-08-07T00:32:03.483-07:00Hi!
Josh and I had a great anniversary trip. We went to a nearby town and stayed at a resort (nice hotel on some land). We walked into town to grab stuff to eat and pretty much just enjoyed each other's company and talked a lot! Aiden is getting his 5th tooth but it is much easier than his last 4 teeth. Here's hoping that all the future teeth are nice and easy.
Josh and Ryan are off on a Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091754659928039292004-08-05T17:50:00.000-07:002004-08-05T18:10:59.930-07:00In clinic yesterday I saw a follow-up patient that Joshua treated last week for diarrhea caused by an amoeba infection. As with many patients, now that his primary illness was better he decided to trot out his less urgent medical complaints. He said that for a few years he had been getting pins and needles sensations in his arms along with occasional muscle twitching. I thought perhaps he had Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14065049692268111910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091510956821919002004-08-02T22:18:00.000-07:002004-08-02T22:29:16.820-07:00Well, our Blogging has slown down considerably but it doesn't seem that our life has. The college girls that were here for the summer have gone back to the States and are probably sleeping off jet lag as I type this. I miss them and Aiden misses them too. Not that we will be here much longer. I was reminding Josh yesterday that next week is the last full week that he has here at the clinic...Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1091005050544565862004-07-28T01:45:00.000-07:002004-07-29T01:24:35.716-07:00You'll have to excuse me if I sound slightly delerious. Aiden decided to wake up at 11:30 last night and really didn't ever go back to bed. If we payed any attention to him he would stop crying momemtarily and try to play with us. Then, the second he realized we wouldn't play with him, he'd start screaming again. Needless to say Janiece and I are quite exhasted. Aiden took a decent morning Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090500268176657892004-07-22T05:37:00.000-07:002004-07-22T05:44:28.176-07:00Well, we are off to Chaing Mai for a weekend of acting like tourists! Josh and I are excited about getting a room that is our own (we can talk and no one will hear us!) with air conditioning. Yeah! It has been a fairly normal week. Josh had a girl come in who had been told that the clinic did abortions (providence?) and she was not ready to be a mom. She was about 12 weeks pregnant and stillJoshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090331916618133072004-07-20T06:55:00.000-07:002004-07-20T06:58:36.616-07:00Thought I'd share a beautiful picture. This is a view of the rice fields behind the house here at sunset. What a site...
Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090292780059602302004-07-19T20:02:00.000-07:002004-07-19T20:06:20.060-07:00Happy Happy News!
I just heard that my cousin Craig and his wife Amanda are pregnant! WHOOHOO! Ok, so I tried to find her e-mail address to write her and congratulate her but because I do not keep my e-mail organized I couldn't find her address. SOOOO please if someone can let her know that I am SUPER excited for her and would love to contact her via e-mail that would be appreciated.
Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090193509161425522004-07-18T16:20:00.000-07:002004-07-19T03:24:34.423-07:00So living in Thailand is pretty inexpensive. I was working on money stuff today to see how our spending was going and I thought I would share how the costs of some things work out here. I can get 10 eggs (they are sold in 10s not 12s) for 23 Bhat which is a little more than 50 cents. The girls picked up 2 bunches of bananas yesterday for less than75 cents. Josh and Ryan get Oreos here for Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090111571531654922004-07-17T17:41:00.000-07:002004-07-17T17:46:11.530-07:00It is 7:45 in the morning and Aiden has been up for an hour and a half. (Yes, he slept in today!) What has Aiden done with his morning? Well, he started the morning off by climbing off our bed. Nope, he didn't fall off... he climbed off. First one leg then the other. It was so amazing to watch. Then Aiden suprised us by using one of the plastic chairs in the lounge as a push-cart. He was Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090109098271589392004-07-17T17:00:00.000-07:002004-07-17T17:04:58.270-07:00Hurray! The sun has begun to shine on the Pelannor fields - Aiden's top teeth peeked through his gums this morning. He was up crying much of the night but it was easier to take with the knowledge that his teeth are finally moving. The battle is not yet won but the end is in sight!
Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090025882371378432004-07-16T17:58:00.000-07:002004-07-17T07:20:19.923-07:00Ok, it is time for an update. Thanks for checking back even when we don't post for a week!
The English Camp:
Last weekend was the English Camp that we put on for a school group. Thank you for your prayers. Josh and I led 4 different sessions with 22 students each on Saturday. We taught them transportation vocabulary, sentence structure, and pronounciation. We especially had fun Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090023766716113622004-07-16T17:22:00.000-07:002004-07-16T17:22:46.716-07:00Here are the guys standing in front of the resorvior. This is after the girls attacked Ryan with handfulls of mud!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090023617235177102004-07-16T17:20:00.000-07:002004-07-16T17:20:17.236-07:00Here are Josh and Ryan standing in front of our planted field. They are holding the clumps of rice plants that we tore off pieces of and planted.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090023529229553352004-07-16T17:18:00.000-07:002004-07-16T17:18:49.230-07:00Here we are planting rice in the foreigner's field. Ryan is in the front with the hat, Josh is in the ball cap, and if you can see me I am in the pink shorts. Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090023316901892452004-07-16T17:15:00.000-07:002004-07-16T17:15:16.900-07:00Here is the Christian lady who was noticed because the bad spirits could not touch her. You can't really see in this picture, but her glasses are tied on with a string around her head since she claims they don't fit Mien faces as well as the western faces they were made for.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1090023190032439972004-07-16T17:13:00.000-07:002004-07-16T17:13:10.033-07:00Here is a picture of the new Mien believer that Ryan mentioned last month.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089937224029735602004-07-15T17:11:00.000-07:002004-07-15T17:20:24.030-07:00I've been informed that our blogging has been a little lax recently. This is partially due to laziness but we've have a pretty good excuse as well. For about three or four nights in a row Aiden decided he would wake up at 11:00, 2:00, and 4:00 for a good bout of crying and screaming. He's pretty much inconsolable during these voice lessons and as they last 1 hour or more Janiece and I have Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089500947480611852004-07-10T16:01:00.000-07:002004-07-10T16:09:07.480-07:00Well, its 5:30 in the morning and I'm stting here watching Aiden crawl around on the floor. He's apparently been up since 2:00AM or so crying and fussing. Janiece says I was saying the craziest nonsence at 2:30, all the while not waking up or moving a muscle. She's exhasted so I took Aiden into the lounge so she could try and get some sleep. Aiden seems to be teething again. His emerging Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089445250236980152004-07-10T00:34:00.000-07:002004-07-10T00:40:50.236-07:00The other day Ryan killed a snake with a broomstick while Aiden and I watched. Aiden gave his "gonna' cry" face and then let out a great big wail. Yesterday Aiden was pulling up on Ryan's leg to get to the guitar that Ryan was playing. Well, Aiden grabed a hunk of Ryan's skin and leg hair and Ryan let out a hollar. Aiden burst into tears to go along with Ryan's yell. Today Aiden bit me for Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089417422197885882004-07-09T16:55:00.000-07:002004-07-09T16:57:02.196-07:00Aiden is getting his top two teeth. We've been expecting it for a while, but they are finally on their way! I am teaching English today and so we will see how that works out. No other exciting news other than the fact that I am eating hard-boiled eggs this morning! *YUM!*Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089348148926537792004-07-08T21:38:00.000-07:002004-07-08T21:42:28.926-07:00We are getting things together for an English camp this weekend. The kids will be middle-school age and are comming to learn English. We hope to teach them useful English and also about God's love. Josh, Mary Beth (a girl from the States), Jerry (a carreer-missionary lady who lives here), and myself are teaching about transportation. I never thought I would be doing this and I am a little Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089189236247920382004-07-07T01:25:00.000-07:002004-07-07T01:34:58.656-07:00Janiece and I went on a trip to Nan, one of the bigger cities around. Wasana, our Thai language teacher, offered to babysit Aiden and gave us a chance to spend some time together. While we were shopping Janiece found this really cute outfit. Here is a picture of her showing off. What a babe!
During the morning clinic we have half-an-hour or so in which the Thais sing some worship songs and Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089017491828874672004-07-05T01:51:00.000-07:002004-07-05T01:51:31.826-07:00Just thought I would post this one also. I am carrying Aiden in a Hmong-style baby carrier. The carrier is very nice (and pretty too!) and allows for more air flow than some other carriers. Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-108901641073305522004-07-05T01:33:00.000-07:002004-07-05T01:33:30.733-07:00Aiden really enjoyed the rocks and I even kept him from swallowing any!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089016375757973682004-07-05T01:32:00.001-07:002004-07-05T01:32:55.756-07:00This bridge was a part of the trail that goes to the top of the waterfall.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089016344639609032004-07-05T01:32:00.000-07:002004-07-05T01:32:24.640-07:00Here is my hunky husband holding Aiden with the waterfall in the background.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089016296067460512004-07-05T01:31:00.000-07:002004-07-05T01:31:36.066-07:00Here is the family at the waterfall! Ryan isn't in the picture because he is climbing up to a higher waterfall.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089015622142573152004-07-05T01:20:00.000-07:002004-07-05T01:20:22.143-07:00Aiden loves these flowers which grow next to the garage here. PePawn loves holding Aiden! Pe- is a prefix added to the name of anyone who is older than the speaker. Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089015930574664022004-07-05T01:18:00.000-07:002004-07-05T01:25:30.573-07:00We dearly missed watching fireworks in Carrollton this Fourth of July but we still had a good celebration here in Thailand! We spent the afternoon swimming at a waterfall. Aiden loves the water and once he got used to the roar of the waterfall he had a great time splashing and playing with rocks. Then we came back and had hotdogs, potato chips, and soda for dinner. Mary brought out a Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089015253989858862004-07-05T01:14:00.000-07:002004-07-05T01:14:13.990-07:00Aiden playing the part of Baby Jesus when the shepherd come to visit. (I'm in the background telling the story.)Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089015106961627542004-07-05T01:11:00.000-07:002004-07-05T01:11:46.960-07:00Ryan telling the story of Noah with Josh and others demonstrating the 40 days of rain.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089015024649798452004-07-05T01:10:00.000-07:002004-07-05T01:10:24.650-07:00Josh teaching English sentence structure: subject, verb, object. Couldn't have done this without the knowledge gained from taking Latin this last year!Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089014887651938522004-07-05T01:08:00.000-07:002004-07-05T01:08:07.650-07:00Kids gathered at the main assembly for the Lua English Camp.Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1089014078629199912004-07-04T22:07:00.002-07:002004-07-05T01:16:08.556-07:00This was a busy weekend for us! A team of students from a church in Oklahoma City came and helped us host an English Camp for about 140 kids from the Lua people group. The camp was held over Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We taught English by taking the kids through different stories in the Bible starting with Creation and ending with the Ressurection. The camp was orgainized Thai-style which Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1088764412260241852004-07-02T03:30:00.000-07:002004-07-02T03:33:32.260-07:00We have been trying off and on to take a picture of Aiden's two teeth with limited success. Today, however, Janiece was able to get a beautiful one. What a cute little baby! He is now 8 months old.
Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1088422333078791782004-06-28T04:26:00.000-07:002004-06-28T04:32:13.076-07:00HI!
Just wanted to add to Ryan's post (thanks Ryan for posting!):
The little hat on the baby is a part of the traditional mien costume. When we got there quite a few women were wearing their traditional clothing (black turban on the head, black shirt with red muff around the collar, and pants with hand-embroidered design) and carrying their babies in mien baby-carriers. Embroidering is a meansJoshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1088421552297527012004-06-28T04:03:00.000-07:002004-06-28T04:19:12.296-07:00Here are some more pictures from the Mobile Clinic:
Mien lady enjoying her.......Mien Christian named Joy
new sewing glasses...........singing and telling stories
Ryan with the Ashburn.......Outside Saing's house
twins Luke and Bruce
sister Anna
Janiece in Saing's house.....Saing and Farang (foreign) guests
And of course...the completely gratuitous cute Mien baby shot, back by popular Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14065049692268111910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1088328989392096992004-06-27T02:26:00.000-07:002004-06-28T03:37:23.456-07:00Saturday we went on a mobile clinic to a Mien village in the mountains about four hours from Chiangklang. We had to drive up and down many winding mountain roads to get there but luckily the roads were paved and in fair condition (all except the section where one of the two lanes had been washed into a ravine ;) It was the home village of a woman named Saing who runs the lab at the clinic. SheRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14065049692268111910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1088328308638244422004-06-27T02:09:00.000-07:002004-06-27T02:25:08.640-07:00Here are some pictures from the mobile clinic to Saing's village this weekend. This is the patient check-in area and then Joshua and I with our translators seeing patients. (Don't worry, we had a real doctor backing us up!)
This is Saing with her mother.
And of course the completely gratuitous cute Mien baby shot!
Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14065049692268111910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1088327176822544452004-06-27T01:31:00.000-07:002004-06-27T02:08:20.696-07:00Howdy! This past Wednesday I went with some of the Thai Christians to a village a couple hours away from the clinic. The village is a resettlement area where the Thai government moved many of the Hill Tribes people from near the border with Laos back in the seventies. They were worried about Communist ideas influencing these people and wanted to integrate them better into mainstream Thai Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14065049692268111910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1088072855677073442004-06-24T03:23:00.000-07:002004-06-24T03:27:35.676-07:00I gave Janiece a bit of a break from Aiden this evening and she went into town to visit the weavers. They had all kinds of cool fabrics and clothing to choose from. Janiece bought a beautiful Thai skirt and then modeled for me upon her return. Isn't she just gorgeous!!!
Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1087914641944694112004-06-22T07:13:00.000-07:002004-06-22T07:30:41.946-07:00Everything is going well here. I just have the blogger-blaahs.
Today we found out that kissing on the mouth, even a light hello-peck, is an embarassing/gross idea to the Thais. Our language instructor said that the first time she saw a video of an American wedding she covered her eyes when she saw the kiss. Kissing on the face, the nose, or touching noses seems to be the way to kiss when Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1087718186749419082004-06-20T00:46:00.000-07:002004-06-20T00:56:26.750-07:00Yesterday a summer missions team of college students arrived here at the dorm. There are four girls; two of them will be doing drama ministry here at the clinic and two will be teaching english at one of the tribal boarding homes nearby. The boarding homes are places where kids of the Hill Tribes people can come stay while they go to school in town. The education available in the Tribal areas Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1087688815211403112004-06-19T16:37:00.000-07:002004-06-19T16:46:55.213-07:00Yesterday afternoon (last night for Texans) someone who has belonged to my church/community for a long time died from a long battle with cancer. I am silenced but my heart is whispering prayers for her husband, daughter, and son and for my community as they support them.
Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1087397936144133522004-06-16T07:58:00.000-07:002004-06-16T07:58:56.143-07:00Today I left Aiden with Joshua and joined a team of people in traveling to a Mien village. We traveled for about 45 minutes on a normal Thai road and then for about 25 minutes on a twisty-turning-up-and-down road.
I must stop here and share with you about Thai roads. They do drive British-style so you drive on the left side of the road. To a person who grew up in the US the road looks like itJoshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1087342008371096762004-06-15T16:23:00.000-07:002004-06-15T16:26:48.370-07:00The Walters left for Bangkok this morning. We were sad to see them go and will miss there presence, especially the mornings when we all sat around eating breakfast together. They have invited us to stay with them for the day we are in Bangkok before we fly back to the States in August.
Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1087305972976076042004-06-15T06:04:00.000-07:002004-06-15T06:26:12.976-07:00One of my patients today was a guy in his 20's who was in a serious car accident 5 months ago. He broke his neck and was hospitalized for a month following surgery. Since his accident he has been unable to move his legs and regularly loses control of his bladder. When he asked his doctor about walking again he was simply told to give it a year or so because these things take a while to heal. Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710583963912490260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652564.post-1087209726771958662004-06-14T03:37:00.000-07:002004-06-14T03:42:06.770-07:00After a few friendly notices, we changed the comments section on our blog. We appologize for the difficulty and hope that you will find this easier!
Hope you have a great new week!
Oh, I rode a motor bike to town today to get some baby cereal. It was very nice to feel the breeze and do something I had never done before. Joshua & Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10078627591926509973noreply@blogger.com