So, I didn't know what to write about this week and I don't think I know yet so I decided to just start writing and maybe something would come to me... (Pictures, what the water looked like after our huge Saturday night storm, the kids winter in an African summer) pitures will come, internet problems again

It has been a crazy week; I will start with Friday, December 6 at around 4:00. Sarah and I were playing our afternoon game of Sequence when she asked me the strangest question, well it isn't a strange question but the time of it was. She asked, "What will be the first thing you will want to eat when you get home?" I thought and thought and came up with not a food but a drink, Diet Coke of course. But while I was thinking I thought, we still have 4 months till we go home, we aren't half way through our stay here and just last week the decision was made to move to Ilha de Mozambique. So, back to our game, we were playing along and Steve comes home from work and Sarah gets the biggest smile on her face, I know something is going on now, and says "I think you need to talk to Jean." I excuse myself for a moment and then return to hear Steve say, "How would you like to go home?" I was astonished. I guess it had been talked about but I wasn't counting on it because i had planned to be here and it is expensive to get a family of 6 back to the United States. It has been a week now since we found out and bought or plane tickets. For those of you who don't know yet I will be home on December 30th. Just in time for the New Year.

Since the news was given to the kids, the atmosphere in the house has been completely different. Everyone is happy, the girls are running around the house and laughing, Kaleb is saying that he will never say he is board again in his life; it is over all an excited group. Along with that though came a very long week of counting down the days to various events. We have a countdown for Kaleb’s birthday, now in just 2 days, Christmas, 12 days, and 15 days until we leave for home. Each day I try to think of something fun to do so all of us aren’t just sitting around waiting for the days to past. Monday the girls and I worked on picture frames made from beach glass. That was a fun project but it is hard to stick glass to glass so mine came apart, I am thinking that they won't make it to Minnesota. Tuesday Allison, Kelly and I planned on making a music video. We planned it all out, it was going to be so good but our video camera isn't working. Wednesday, I am not sure what I did at all. Oh yeah, the girls were jumping on the trampoline and there was ice that fell out of the freezer because the power was off for so long it fell. I got bowls of it and made snowballs and threw them at them. We then covered the tramp as best as we could with ice and they jumped in it. It was a precursor to Minnesota life. Thursday, Allison and Kelly stopped by again, we sat around and talked or didn't. We watched Allison do DDR on her computer and then they went home. Friday was a long day of school and then a really boring afternoon, not much to do, nowhere to go. Today, people were in and out buying things that Sarah and Steve are not taking back to Minnesota. It was fun. I got to chat with a lot of the people that I have meet while being here. Some of them I am really going to miss.

Then Allison and Kelly came over, yes for the 3rd time this week. After we had dinner we headed to my room to play games and chat. They are my saving grace this week. I had so much fun with them. We spent a lot of time laughing and Kelly is a teacher so we compared stories about past classes.

So, as you can see, I may live on the other side of the world but my week can be just as boring and regular as yours.

There is something that I have been working on and a conversation with Kelly tonight was helpful. I have been wondering what God has in store for me because I was supposed to live in Mozambique for 7 months and he is cutting it down to 4. Why? I am not supposed to ask why but it is so hard to wait to find out. I have had to remind myself a lot that God is in control! He knows what he is doing I just need to trust and obey. This is the phrase that Kelly used. She said that she just learned this lesson; it was a hard one but good. I have a feeling that is what I am supposed to take out of this time. I can't do anything to speed up the process and he may not let me in on what the next step is for a while. I know I am in good hands and I will trust that.

That is the thought I will leave you with because that is the thought that I am left with. May God bless your week!