April 10, 2009

Last Friday when I came home from school, I noticed that we had no power. A transformer had blown. Saturday morning, we still had no power! We went to my mother's to shower and for Bill to work on the computer. I played Yahtzee with Mom. She is still very sharp in spite of her mini strokes!

We received an email from Kenji Kimata with a picture of his baptismal certificate. He was the manager of the TGI Fridays in Yokohama where we use to eat lunch every Sunday after church. He loved our music and would come and listen to the church's concerts. After we left Japan, Kenji was promoted to the corporate office in Japan. He was able to attend a Japanese Bible study with our doctor, Dr. Akashi, every Sunday. In his email, he was thanking us for introducing him to Christianity. He is an excited new Christian!

Kelli called this week. The divorce is going smoothly, but she has some medical issues that require a biopsy next week. I'm praying for her! Kelli will also be going to Louisville, Kentucky to cover the SBC National Convention in June. She asked if Hannah and Caleb could come to Oklahoma the end of June for the PowWow. It's the Bergeron family year! (Mom's maiden name.)

June will be a major month. Bill is going to Brazil with a medical team. He's getting his passport updated and all of his injections. The team will go down the Amazon River.

I am learning how to teach full-time again. It's been interesting to teach Hanadi, my new Muslim lady student. She has a degree in Physics and is super smart, as well as pretty. Her face is not covered, so she looks like Mary, the mother of Jesus. She really is beautiful.

I continue to enjoy my Saudi boys! They are so funny and have such a good sense of humor. All seven have agreed to come to the Easter concert on Sunday and then have lunch at our house. No ham this year! It will be chicken and rice, and spaghetti.

Last night, I learned how to use the new soundboard. The church bought $2,000 worth of new microphones. They are great! Chuck is teaching me. He is such an interesting person!!! He works for FEMA and is a storm chaser. He grew up in Columbia where his father was a surgeon.

To make last week special, Galen called and shared the news that Crystal's baby arrived. She is Bailey Nicole! I can hardly wait for Bailey to visit Oklahoma soon! Her other grandparents live in Tulsa.