JV Spring Staff Conference

Last week was spent with our Josiah Venture Family in the Czech Republic. Our kids had a week off from school so we took the whole family and made the 7 hour trek in our van. Don Christiansen made the journey with us. The weekend before he spoke at our church on finances, tithing and remembering it's all God's! It was a great time with him. I'm sorry I didn't get a picture. You'd have seen just how fond we are of him. One night Blake told him at the dinner table, "You're like one of those people who has changed our diapers or something!" I guess that's his way of saying Don felt like family!
We always try to take a team photo. This one is just of the moms and babies. Amy Woodard with her arms full of Abigail and Elijah. (Also known as "Beebee" and "Beebee" to Luke!) Then me with Luke, and Laurel with Landon. Brad and Laurel Jenkins, are transitioning from their work with Malachi to join us. They drove from Germany with their son Landon. Now we're just missing baby Caleb, Hondo and Trisha's son!
We've got a delightful team and really enjoyed being together. Our older children learned and performed Godspell with CYT, Christian Youth Theater. They were brilliant!


I know I've already posted this photo of Blake and Caleb, Dave and Connie's second son. Today is a big day for him and I thought you might join us in prayer. Caleb has had a history of intestinal pain but for the last 5 months it's been increasing. It's gotten so bad that he and Connie flew to the states for further help. This morning they will do a colonoscopy and endoscopy. If there are no results from those, the doctor wants to do a capsule endoscopy as well. It's been a real mystery for the past few months and Caleb has lost weight and been in a lot of pain. You can read more on Connie's blog if you are interested.
http://livingbylysa.blogspot.com/



Couldn't resist this shot of Kendra!