Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
For Family
The next posts are mainly for family to catch up with Jackson, but we will shortly be posting about life and ministry here...stay tuned!
I was amazed one day when reading to Jackson that he actually was turning the pages himself. In the right direction. He does this every time we read a book, so it's not coincidence. Right now eating his toes and turning pages are he favorite activities!
I was amazed one day when reading to Jackson that he actually was turning the pages himself. In the right direction. He does this every time we read a book, so it's not coincidence. Right now eating his toes and turning pages are he favorite activities!
Jackson
I love my blankie form Nana
This is my friend Theo
I love all the attention!
Playing piano with Tracy
Hanging out with Abigail! (BFF)
First winter outing!
This is my friend Theo
I love all the attention!
Playing piano with Tracy
Hanging out with Abigail! (BFF)
First winter outing!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Basketball...kind of
So Jonathan and two guys on our team (Paul and David) are playing on a professional basketball team called 'Akbars'. They have really enjoyed getting to know the guys on the team and it has been a great way to reach out to some locals and keep in shape playing a game they all love. Last weeks game was quite interesting and took a definite vostochni (eastern) turn when the opposing team started to fight and the referees changed the rules mid-game. It got a bit tense for a while there but our team ended up winning by 1 point anyway and Jonathan only came away a little bruised! All us wives and kids were there cheering on our spouses and people from church even came a long and helped us think up a chant to keep our players feeling supported (although the only thing Jonathan said he heard was Jackson crying at one point when he was taking a free throw..oops!).
Deborah and Abigail Markey with Jackson and I
Melanie and Titus Billings
Tilek Billings
Go Akbars!
Deborah and Abigail Markey with Jackson and I
Melanie and Titus Billings
Tilek Billings
Go Akbars!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Baby Milestones!
This morning Jackson woke up deciding he wanted to grab things. He's never done this before so quickly. We're so proud of him!!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Some ramblings!
We are heading back to Kyrgyzstan in a week or so after another stop off in England for Katie's Mum's birthday and a friends wedding. We love visiting family but we're definitely ready to get back.
It's hard to explain to strange feeling of not having a home, but I (Katie) am feeling it quite acutely right now. Having Jackson away from Kyrgyzstan was quite an experience seen as we moved around about 8 different places while in York. It definitely shook out of me any possibility for 'nesting'. Then being in the US has been nice because we've been located at the same place, but we're always so aware that this is not 'home' either. (I actually had to leave 'bed, bath and beyond' the other day because I was getting a bad attitude about all the stuff I would like and possibly will never have). And finally we don't feel like we are going 'home' either. The church in KG is our family too and we love ebing there, but we are foreigners there more predominantly than in the UK or US, however if feels more like home than the latter...what am I trying to say?? I guess that I'm only comforted by the fact that the Lord is our 'home' and I feel very strongly the 'longing' for a heavenly home... Isn't this what we should always feel? Wether we have thousands of pounds (or $'s) in a property or not? Wether we have lived in the same little village for our entire lives or spent most our lives travelling from one side of the globe to another should we really find any comfort in being at 'home' here? Or should we let this lives uncertainties and inconsistancies mold in us a greater desire and longing for eternity? Where we will forever rest in his arms. Speaking of rest..I think that verb is gone from my vocab for a good few years now.
It's hard to explain to strange feeling of not having a home, but I (Katie) am feeling it quite acutely right now. Having Jackson away from Kyrgyzstan was quite an experience seen as we moved around about 8 different places while in York. It definitely shook out of me any possibility for 'nesting'. Then being in the US has been nice because we've been located at the same place, but we're always so aware that this is not 'home' either. (I actually had to leave 'bed, bath and beyond' the other day because I was getting a bad attitude about all the stuff I would like and possibly will never have). And finally we don't feel like we are going 'home' either. The church in KG is our family too and we love ebing there, but we are foreigners there more predominantly than in the UK or US, however if feels more like home than the latter...what am I trying to say?? I guess that I'm only comforted by the fact that the Lord is our 'home' and I feel very strongly the 'longing' for a heavenly home... Isn't this what we should always feel? Wether we have thousands of pounds (or $'s) in a property or not? Wether we have lived in the same little village for our entire lives or spent most our lives travelling from one side of the globe to another should we really find any comfort in being at 'home' here? Or should we let this lives uncertainties and inconsistancies mold in us a greater desire and longing for eternity? Where we will forever rest in his arms. Speaking of rest..I think that verb is gone from my vocab for a good few years now.
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