Keeping Up With The Jones': January 2008

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Tony & Terri on the Jones' Blog!

This is the picture I chose to post of Tony and Terri but I thought I might need to get it out there in case anyone was wanting to learn to do "the bump" they would know who to call!

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Even though it didn't snow very much, it was still fun! Bethany, Heather & Kirsten (and Sam looking over Bethany's shoulder) scrounged up enough snow to build a snowman! Sam wasn't very helpful. All he did was rip the scarf off the snowman and play with it all over the yard!

Harley Goes to School!

Harley wanted to go to school so I told April to bring her to me and she could stay with me for a few hours. April said that Harley was so excited because she was gonna get to go to school with Aunt Kakki! When they got in the car Harley said "I'm sad". April ask her why and she said " 'cause I wanted to ride the school bus". When she came in the office I told her that she looked so pretty and she said "I'm wearing my school outfit". She had so much fun and April said that was all she talked about the rest of the day!

Harley & her new friend, Olivia, or as Harley called her "the pink girl" (because she had on a pink shirt & Harley didn't know Olivia's name).

Thursday, January 10, 2008

EXCITING NEWS!!!!!

So today i found out that we are 95% sure that we are going to TAIWAN for our mission trip. The island of Taiwan is southeast of China . . . which is halfway around the world!! We will be gone for 12 days, from March 10-22 which probably about 1-1/2 of those days will be flying since its takes so long to get halfway around the world. ha! Anyways Taiwan is 94% Buddist only 2.3% Christian. Please be praying that God will send us to the right areas to tell the most people people about our Lord and Savior. Also be praying that our plans for Taiwan unfold easily. Oh and last but not least, please pray that the remaining F.T.C student tuition comes in so we can easily pay for this trip. Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers. I love you all!!! By the way I added some pictures that a friend took on some previous visits to show a few of the places we will be. Keep in mind these are tourist attractions and we will be mostly in the slums and I will post pictures of those when I upload them. God Bless.

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This is a local tourist site.

This is a bus stop!!!! HOW COOL!!!

This is a trail bridge to get to a high class village.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Brett's Surgical Update

Just wanted to let everyone know that Brett's surgery went well and he is doing fine. The double deviated septum is no longer deviated, no more polyps, sinus infection soon to be all clear, lower sinus cells (which by the way only 1% of the population has) have clear passages and the procedures will open up the collapsed nasal cavity therefore giving back his sense of smell, opening his nasal passages making it easier for him to breath in more oxygen allowing what little sleep he does get to be more restful! He has to remain on complete bed rest (elevated, of course) for 2 - 3 days and no activity for a couple of weeks, soooooo it's a good thing he got that snowboarding activity in Colorado because if it did happen to snow in Auburn, Brett would have to miss it!! (By the way - thanks to Kelsey and her family for having Brett in their home over the holidays!) P.S. Brett will be all better real soon!!!