Update From Tanya!

~HERE IS A UPDATE TANYA SENT OUT~

(I thought I would post it as a prayer reminder!)

Hi guys,
How are you all doing?
My school is almost over and I'm flying back to Amsterdam 22 December. I do want to leave and I don't want to -- all these dilemmas in life... I miss Amsterdam but I made a few good friends here and learned so much in this school.

I have a couple of prayer points:
-I had surgery 5 December. It wasn't anything too complicated but it still threw me off in my school work and of course physically and emotionally. I'm doing way better now but still have to figure out how to pace myslef. I have never had any surgery before, it's all new to me. I am glad I've caught up with my assignments though.

- Today we finished our group projects (the last big assignment) and we write our final exam Monday. It's a 4 hour long exam...

- Also (it's kind of a standard prayer point, sorry:)) I need to finish paying off my school fees before I leave. I've seen a lot of school fees come in but I still owe 750 Euro.
Thanks for praying! Let me know how it's going with you!

Blessings,
Tanya

My Praise!

A while back I mentioned that my friend was really struggling with his health (his back and wrists). Well this last Sunday I saw him and he is doing so much better! This has been such a long process and it finally looks like he is healing. He is acting like himself again. I don't want to speak to soon but it definatly looks like the worst is over. I just wanted to let you all know that GOD IS SO GOOD! (and to thank those of you who have been joining me in praying for him). Words can not even describe how joyful my heart feels!

~We have three new members this week! Welcome Jolanda, Jaco, and Corrie!
~Also a Merry Christmas Season to you all (as noted by the new decorations!)
~If you guys could be praying that I would be keeping my eyes/focus on Christ. Lately I have found that I am getting distracted so easily, that is so hard for me.

My love to you all!

Hello Everyone,
I was going through our settings and I found out that you can write things at the bottom and side of the blog (a "footer"). I don't know if anyone wanted to put anything on those...but if you want me to I can so just let me know if you think of anything! Also If anyone has any ideas about adding a little "flavor" (also known as background pictures, colors, fonts, setups, links you would like to add (like will's blog), ect)...let me know and I can work with it. TODAY IS MY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL (yea) so I have time to change things now if anyone has any ideas!

Little Partida!

Here are some new pictures of Ian!! He looks so much like Bernardo! Noelle emailed these to me the other day. I wasn't sure who all got them so I thought I would post them for everyone to see. I have some more if anyone would like me to email them. Here is some news from Noelle, "Hey everybody! we are here in Valle, and our plans are as follows. We have tickets to go to San Diego California on the 20th. We are waiting for our tickets from L.A. to Dallas and Dallas to London (these will be before January the 15th.). So we will be in Amsterdam pretty soon. hopefully begining 2006.
Ian is growing beautifully. Here are some pictures."
**So that is the news from them! Definatly be keeping them in your prayers as they are starting to make this transistion. Hopefully they will be able to post on the blog sometime and update us on how everything is going, but for now it sounds like they are doing great!