I was talking with Tanya, the lady who runs the mother/toddler playgroup, about children and going to church with them. She told me that she really wants to take her two youngest boys, ages 9 and 11, to church and she asked me if there was a church that I would recommend. Then she said, "Well, I should just go to your church." She asked when we would be starting and said to let her know so she could come. She attended church as a child, but I do not think she is saved. She has a tender heart and a desire to know God. Please pray for her and her boys for their salvation. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Seth and Jason really enjoyed our turkey dinner and coconut cream pie! Their favorite item on the menu was Yorkshire puddings, which are a puffy pastry-type roll that you put gravy on. Not exactly a traditional Thanksgiving food, but good none the less. They would not eat anything else until all the Yorkshire puddings were gone. Paul enjoyed sweet potatoes for his feast. Mmmm! We asked Seth and Jason what they were thankful for. Seth was thankful for turkey and Jason was thankful for banana chips! The next day we went to England for a Thanksgiving meal with other American missionaries. We had a wonderful time visiting with old friends and meeting some new ones. Seth and Jason were able to run around and play with the other children. It was a good day! We are once again ending our month with sickness going through the family. We all have colds and are feeling pretty awful. I hope we do not continue this trend next month or we will be sick for Christmas. Please pray that our health improves quickly. We hope you all have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Welsh classes are going really well. It has been so long since I have been in a classroom setting that I was a little leery of how I would do, but I am really enjoying the class and enjoying letting Caleb put the boys to bed two nights a week. : ) Caleb is doing great in his class, of course. He is such a brain! The boys and I went to the Thanksgiving service at the Groeslon School. The children sang songs and did little skits. There were at least 75 people jammed in to see their children and grandchildren perform. I sat there and imagined that they were there for a church service and we were listening to the children's choir. That thought was so exciting...it gave me goose-bumps! I can't wait to see what God will do in this little village of Y Groeslon! Today Caleb caught Jason playing on the computer. There was a message on the screen that read..."Are you sure you want to delete all 21 items?" Yeah, so don't trust a two-year-old with your computer! : ) This month is ending with the flu making it’s way through our family. Yuck! Hopefully we are about to kick it. Caleb is the only one who has not caught it, maybe he will get lucky and it will skip him. Well, that is all until next month. Have a great Thanksgiving!

School started for Seth on the 5th. He is enjoying it and we have noticed a few Welsh words popping up in his vocabulary. He also looks so cute in his little uniform. He brought home his first artwork from school...a blob of blue paint on white paper. He said it was a snowman. Jason's birthday party was really nice. We had 8 kids and a parent for each here at the house. We played pass-the-parcel and had sandwiches, snacks and cookies to eat. I made lion cupcakes, which turned out really cute and tasty, too. Jason got a ride-on firetruck from Taid and us...he loves it! Paul is sitting some now. He can also crawl (army style) and I started him with rice cereal last week. We have added two little additions to our family. Wiggles and Fidget are dwarf hamsters and according to Seth are our friends. The boys love them and even Paul was crawling after them when they were in their exercise ball. Our Welsh classes are going well. Please continue to pray for us as we are learning this language.

We have had beautiful weather during most of August, but I think that is over. It feels like autumn now and has been raining every afternoon for the past week. We have been putting Gospel tracts in the letter haboxes of Groeslon. There are at least 20 small villages and Caernarfon in our area to whom we can give tracts...so we will be busy with that for quite a while. It is blackberry season. Yeah! While passing out tracts we would sometimes stop along side the road and pick blackberries for Seth and Jason. They really enjoyed that...Caleb and I did, too. Mmmm! Paul has his first tooth and his second tooth looks like it will come in sometime next month. He is almost 5 months old now. It doesn't seem like that much time has passed, but with how big he has gotten...I know it is true. :D School starts on Tuesday for Seth. He is looking forward to that. My mother/toddler playgroup starts back on Tuesday as well. Jason is now climbing on everything...the window sills, the table, the back of the couch, the piano... Though from what I hear he comes by it naturally. :P We went to another birthday party and have been invited to another for Sunday afternoon. We have met quite a few people this way and has given Caleb a good opportunity to practice his Welsh. Welsh classes start up next month. Please pray for us!!!!!

We have to be careful when taking the boys shopping in the stroller because they will grab things off the shelves, and we will walk out of the store with them. Once it was a shoe, once a birthday card. After we left Woolworths today Seth said, "Here Dad, I took this off." It was a "shoplifters will be procecuted" sign! I'm suprised it was Seth. Jason is usually the one with the sticky fingers. I think they can reach things better from the back seat, which is were Seth was, and were Jason usually sits. I took some books to church for Seth and Jason to have during the service. During the prayer Caleb gave Jason a book about dinosaurs to keep him quiet. While turning the pages Jason started talking really loud so everyone could hear. Alligator! Alligator! Alligator plays with cars! Alligator crying! Alligator! We, of course, shushed him but couldn't help but smile. He was so cute!