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Monday, April 18, 2016

April means springtime?

Hello everyone! 

How’s springtime? Are the flowers blooming? Are there blossoms on the trees? How wonderful is the smell of freshly cut grass? How are the allergies this year? WE MISS SEASONS and would love to be experiencing spring in any one of our states – Virginia, Michigan, or Pennsylvania. However, we’re currently in the hottest time of the year here in Nicaragua where it just gets a little hotter each day until the rains come in May/June. It’s quite miserable really, weather-wise, but we’re happy to here, a year and six months in! Time really is flying.

We realize it's been a while since we've written and we want to update everyone on our lives. A lot has been changing for us and we’re excited about the changes that will also be coming soon! Here are just a few things to fill you in on:


1. Lauren’s pregnant! She is due on October 10th and we’re so excited! Right now she’s in her second trimester and is feeling a lot better than she was in the first! (¡Gracias a Dios!//Thanks be to God!)  Please pray for us, however, as the Zika threat is now a confirmed fact in baby defects. We have a private doctor and everything looks great at each appointment and we pray that things continue to stay that way. No worries for us though, please, just prayers. 

When we moved here we were just two, Lauren and Mitchell. Then, we quickly added our dog, Emre, and last September Yosi and Martha came to live with us. Our family is now 4 people + Emre and will soon be 5 people + Emre. Going from no children to three was not something we anticipated when we moved here in 2014 and we are quickly outgrowing our house. In June, we will be moving to a different place where we will all fit a lot better! The house will be a very nice change and will also be out of the city which we’re both very excited about!


2. Work at NCA Nejapa has been tough this year. It’s been challenging for us and some different things have come up in our jobs that we have to deal with and work through; part of working in a different culture, right? A lot of things happen that don’t make sense to us or don’t seem correctly done and that makes things difficult. We’re praying that we can put God first and make good decisions in our jobs that glorify Him.


3. CINAFE/Fortress of Hope continues to go well. This year, we’ve adjusted to less time there as we’ve been busy with our jobs and the girls. It’s been nice to have less to do after school as we don’t have to head to CINAFE each day. Mondays are our days to go over, hang out, help with homework, play some games, and enjoy dinner together. It’s really nice and is a welcome change.



In an attempt to keep this short and sweet, we're going to stop there and end with a few pictures at the bottom! We hope you enjoy our recent photos including Martha’s 14th birthday on April 5th, our baby announcement, and a couple from CINAFE.


Much love,
Lauren, Mitchell, baby Yoder, the girls, and Emre :)