Christmas

Merry Christmas!

We're having a great time with Kelli and Scott.  We're playing games, watching movies, shopping, seeing friends, making goodies, and generally having, well, a great time!  We've talked with Kurt several times by phone, wishing that he was here with us.  But we're so thankful for the jobs that the Lord has provided him.

I pray that this Christmas you will discover or rediscover the amazing miracle of the Word becoming flesh, of the King of Kings becoming a baby, of the Savior coming to us, the people He loves and wants to save.  I pray that the celebration of His birth leads to your own lifelong journey of seeking Him, of loving Him, of worshiping Him, of living for Him!  Jesus is born!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Hanging with Friends in Bulgaria

We spent last weekend in Bulgaria.  We had gone for some meetings, and those went well, but the best part was hanging out with friends there!  We were able to stay with our friends the Haglunds.  What a precious family!  We had such a great time.

Jeffrey and Karl

Josiah helped me get to new levels on Angry Birds!  Thanks, Joe!

Sweeties, sweeties, sweeties!  Loved being with Kesed and Kara!

My sweet friend, Glenda.  I'm so thankful for her!!

We also got to visit with Scot and Robin, friends for many years.  It was so great to catch up with them!  I'm sad that I didn't have my camera with me to take pictures!  :(

And we met new friends as well, Steven and Stacie.  It was amazing - as we were getting to know each other, we realized that we had friends in common!  She grew up in Marble Falls and went to the same camp that I grew up going to!  It is such a small world!  That happens so often with people we meet on this side of the pond.  Heaven will be so fun!! 

On our way back home, we stopped in Nis and went to church there.  It was so fun to see friends that we haven't seen in years.  And it was great to worship with our brothers and sisters there.  We went on that afternoon to Paracin to church with our friends there.  Again, great to worship with brothers and sisters there!!!  God is so good!  We came home tired, but full of JOY!

Losing My Locative

Serbian nouns have seven cases:  Nominative, Genative, Dative, Accusative, Locative, Instrumental and Vocative.  This means that the noun has a different ending depending on the case it is in, or how it is used in the sentence.  We learned all of this ten years ago, but it continues to be a struggle at times.  Especially when I am tired.  And that's when Karl tells me that I've lost my locative. 

Locative is the case that shows, like it's name says, location.  Like, "in the park" or "on the table."  Nouns in the locative case have their own unique ending.  But when I am tired, I completely mess up that case!  I cannot get it right at all! 

We had friends over Monday evening, and I was quite tired after a long day.  Our conversations were almost all in Serbian (despite the fact that it was English Club!), and I kept butchering the locative case.  Ugh!  Thankfully, my friends have great patience with me.  And they laughed when Karl told them that when I'm tired, I just lose the locative.

Maybe I'll find it again when the sun comes out more.  Until then, I press on, locative or not!