Whew! The weekend is over!!

Hey all! We (Joel especially) have had one busy weekend! It started on Friday morning with an appt for Abigail. She had her second set of shots as well as giving some blood and a urine sample. I had no idea a 6 month old baby could even give a urine sample! She did it though! Way to go, Abigail!

Then that evening we had a one-night retreat for the students. It was their winter break this past week, so we ended it with a night in a chalet in the alps. Most of the students stayed up the entire night! They did at the last Zapik we had too, so we weren't surprised. Joel taught on the book of Nehemiah and walls-what they protect, keep out, etc. He did a great job!

Abigail went sledding for the first time while we were there. She didn't seem to notice when she would go down but would start to cry when she would see others sliding down. It was interesting.
I think she might have been fighting getting sick a little bit since she had those shots. She was a bit more emotional and her coping skills just weren't as strong as normal...of course! She's a trooper though!

We came back from that and relaxed for the evening and headed to bed at 10pm. We were just about asleep when music and fireworks started outside. The neighbor behind us turned 50 today and it's a big deal here. It's called your "Abraham" birthday for some reason.

Then this morning, Joel was back "on" again since he gave the sermon at church. He spoke in English and had one of our students, Tilen, who comes on a regular basis, translate for him. On Friday evening Joel went over the message with Tilen beforehand just to make sure he had a basic understanding and afterward asked him, "can you think of anything I should add or take out?" And Tilen said, "no, this is a good message, one that we all should hear." That's so great. Tilen is understanding more and more of the gospel, it's such an honor to watch. Abigail and I stayed home this morning though so she could get a good nap because....

...we went to that neighbors birthday party this afternoon. These sorts of things are so enjoyable for Joel and I. They usually are about 6 hours long and you're eating, drinking and talking the whole time. At this one there were lots of old traditional Slovenian songs that everyone was singing and dancing to. It was lots of fun. We didn't know the words, but it was so fun to see everyone around us singing, swaying back and forth and having a good time. People are just so relaxed at those things. We actually left early because Abigail was getting really sleepy and we were there for 4 hours! The rest of everyone is probably just now getting ready to leave about two hours later.

Tonight Joel is having a phone call with Cornerstone about the camp this summer. They'll call him during the service and somehow his voice will be over the speakers. That will be interesting! Next time we should try doing a video phone call! : )

So all that to say that the next few days we are going to be spending some time around the house! Joel especially needs to relax and recover!

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Okay, I think that's about all from over here! Love you all!!