India

Greg went to India the day after Thanksgiving & was gone until December 8th. It was a very long, busy (Praise God) week & 1/2 for me. He went with our pastor, Phil, to minister to the couple below, Rod & Laura. He also preached at 3 pastor's conferences along with Phil & went to the orphanage Rod's dad operates. Mostly they went to encourage Rod & Laura. He had a great time & if you want to know more than I put on here, you'll just have to ask him!

These 2 boys lived with Rod & Laura (can't remember their names)

Rod's Mom & Laura opening gifts Greg & Phil had taken from our church & also their families here in the US

Greg & Phil bought this for Laura

Rod & Laura's house (first floor)

All Hand Carved

Greg & Phil's room

Theirs was the only one with a/c.

Dining/Living area

Kitchen (they always sat on the floor)

Orphanage

Greg said the kids loved to have their pictures taken. They'd always ask for just one more. You could never take a picture of just one child~they'd all flock together!

Greg still says he would love to adopt the little girl in the middle!

Isn't she adorable?!

The Orphanage Church on Sundays

Chicken 65 (Greg says the best chicken EVER!)

Auto-Rickshaw (the best way to travel in India really)

Street Scene

Other India Sights

Somewhere behind the mound of hay is a truck

Ice Creams

Some Pictures from the Pastor's Conferences

Here they were honored with these flowers. Greg said it was really really hot there & the flowers had a powerful aroma so it was amazing they didn't pass out or something while they were preaching.

One conference, ladies & children were there when they weren't supposed to be, but it all worked out.They also had a baptism at this one. There was lots of algae in the water & Phil didn't know he was baptizing so he drove home for 3 hrs in wet stinky clothes.God moved so he said it was worth it!

Christmas Card

I don't do traditional Christmas cards at all, but I do love to have a picture card for Christmas for family & friends. Here were a few of the pictures we attempted to take for it. The last 2 pictures were the only ones we actually used. Sometimes I wish I was better at taking pictures or maybe that my boys were more cooperative or both!!

This one below was Brock's favorite pose.:( I don't know how many I deleted like this! URRGG! :)

Surprise Visit

Chriss, Steven, & Brett came out & surprised Mom the Sunday before Thanksgiving. She had just been bemoaning the fact that she didn't know when she was going to see them next & was missing them a bunch. They got to our house early Sunday morning. We had a "Thanksgiving" meal planned with Mom & Lyle & Steven since we weren't going to spend Thanksgiving Day with them. Mom was totally shocked when she walked in the door & Brett was waiting to say hi. Brett was sick the entire time they were here, but we still enjoyed seeing them. Chriss said she won't travel again with a sick child. (Can you relate, Jenn?!)