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Hi Friends!

It’s hard to believe Joshua is 3 months old today!  What a fun age this is!  He is now smiling, cooing, holding his head up, making eye contact, and coming close to rolling over on his own :).  It truly is amazing how fast he changes.  It’s fun to see him surprise himself with the different high pitch sounds he can make.  He loves experimenting with his voice now.  We love him more each day as we get to know him better.  Although he’s always been precious, it is so much more fun to interact with him these days.  He recognizes our voices and follows us with his eyes.  Even baths and diaper changes are much more enjoyable now.  We love to tickle him and watch him giggle while he’s on the changing table.  He is currently attempting to put his whole fist in his mouth and hasn’t quite found his thumb yet.  I am hopeful that he will be sleeping through the night soon!  Right now, he wakes up once or twice a night, but I am definitely getting much more sleep than in the beginning!

On a funny note, we are local celebrities :).  The local newspaper wanted to do an article on the lactation specialists at the hospital, and for the article they wanted to interview a new mom.  So I was invited to share our story.  It was great to encourage other moms that if nursing is hard at first, they still can do it!  I’m always happy to share with others what a huge blessing the lactation specialists were to Joshua and me.  The photographer came to our house for pictures, and the article turned out to be a full page Sunday story :).  very fun!

Joshua is gaining weight beautifully these days.  He weighed 11 pounds 9 ounces at his 2- month check up and hasn’t been sick at all.  It’s great to see him outgrowing clothes :).

My moms Bible study has been such a treat.  There are now 4 of us reading a Joyce Meyer book on the fruit of the Spirit, and it’s been wonderful sharing our hearts together as we relate with mommy highs and lows. 

Jason takes Joshua and me to lunch at the school cafeteria now.  It’s a blessing to have that daily social interaction.

It’s also been fun having our families so close, so they can see Joshua growing and changing in person.

 Jason                                                        

Hey folks,

I hope you all are doing well.  It has been wonderful for me these last three months, being thrust into fatherhood.  Before Joshua was born I was a little afraid of what was to come, not knowing what life would be like after he was born and not knowing what being a father was all about.  It has been amazing how natural a transition it has been.  That does not mean that it has always been easy, but it has been a great experience.

Who's Who?

In The Classroom

School of the Bible (SOTB) has been going very well.  I have had the opportunity to teach a lot on Old Testament history.  For instance, I taught on Solomon and how he started so well, with humility and a heart after God like David his father.  God blessed him mightily, gave him great wealth and allowed him to build the temple and enjoy a time of peace that David never experienced.  However, because of his love for foreign women and taking many wives his heart was turned away from God and he allowed foreign gods to be worshiped in Israel.  Therefore, God had to bring judgment, splitting the nation into two parts, the north and the south.  The south remained under the rule of Solomon’s lineage because of God’s promise to David.

  Greek 

Greek class has gone well this year.  Being my first year teaching this subject, it has been a challenge and I have learned a lot through this experience.  I joke with my class that they are my “guinea pigs” and that next year’s class will be much better off.  Even still, this class has persevered!  We are now done with all of our lessons and the students will begin translating the book of 1 John using the Online Bible program.  Understanding the grammar of Greek used in 1 John will help bring clarification to what John was really communicating to those who would receive his letter.

 Student Section

I would like to introduce you to Kisa!  He is from Papua New Guinea and has set aside one year of his life to dig deep into the Word of God here at School of the Bible. Kisa has been learning so much while he has been here.  He told me that God is transforming the way he thinks.  We all have some misconceptions about God and the world and that’s why Paul says in Romans 12:2, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”

After Kisa is done with all of his training, he feels that God has called him to work with young people.  More specifically he wants to minister to orphans and troubled kids, to give them hope and show them the love of God.  Kisa has the heart of a father and I know that God will use him powerfully.  Pray for him as he prays about where God wants him to live and minister.  He would like to go home to Papua New Guinea and he also has a heart for Indonesia.

 I am always very encouraged to hear what God is doing in the lives of our students!

 “How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?  How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" Romans 10:14,15

Until next time,

Jason and Beth