Andria Rabus is cool.

Andria got here on Friday night! It is so great to have her here. She jumped right into movie night, getting the treat of watching Scarecrow and Mrs. King. :) It worked out perfectly having Kwen's family here because Ted was planning on taking them to see Taroko Gorge on Saturday, so Andria got to go with them , too. I was a little jealous :), but am hoping I will get to go with my family when they come to visit. Then today, I had both 7am and 11pm shifts, so Dre and I haven't gotten a good chance to catch up yet, but tomorrow we are planning on going into town to buy some Christmas presents during the babies nap and hopefully watching an episode of Gray's together tomorrow night, a tradition among the Elson girls!

Tomorrow is also Gabrielle's 20th birthday! Even though we can't do a lot for her birthday, we are hoping to have a little celebration.

Sorry, I have been so bad at keeping up and writing short little entries to keep you all up to date. I really don't like writing the long ones, but can't seem to be disciplined in writing smaller ones.

Highlights from the past couple of days:
-We got a new baby on Friday night. His name is Baby Shr. He looks a lot like Caleb- very Asian looking already. I got to feed him quite a bit today. It's always fun and exciting when a new baby arrives.
- I thought I wouldn't make it through today because I was so tired, but God sustained me.
- Eating jellybeans and catching up a little bit with Andria last night.
- The older boys made dinner tonight- fried chicken legs, fried fish paste rolls, eggs and ham, cabbage, egg drop soup, and oranges. SO GOOD!

Prayer Requests:
- The next three months seem really long. Prayer for an attitude to finish my work here, to have a heart that wants to be here to serve.
- That God would fulfill his purposes for the rest of my trip. That I would have eyes to see, ears to hear, and a willing heart to follow and obey Him and to receive his love.
- Communication between everyone- so important!!
- Rest
- Prayer for all of the babies- that they would be loved, that paperwork goes smoothly and quickly. Specifically for the four who have not been allocated, for Logan's papers, and David's papers/courtdate.
- That my time with Andria would be joy-filled and that God would use this time together to encourage us both and provide what we need for this next leg in our journeys overseas.

Thanks, everyone!  LOVE!