Jet Lag Blues (for Mom and Dad, anyway)

Why is it that the kids, who already have more energy than we ever remember having, recover from the jet lag so much easier than do the parents? For some reason the transition back to this time zone has been particularly challenging. Ruth and Alan are both tired of seeing the clock between 3 AM and 5 AM.

The transition for Jadon has its ups and its downs. We have days that seem like we make great progress and seem to understand one another and we have other days when misunderstandings create tensions. We have days when in our efforts to guide Jadon in the path of righteousness we run full into fits and hard feelings. Jadon has finally stopped regular and extended coughing spells. He occasionally has a clearing of the throat or something like that, but he seems much better. He is sleeping fairly well. His language skills are going to need a great deal of work and he doesn't seem to be where we were led to believe he might be with his arithmetic skills either. We hope to get him into school to meet his ELL teacher later this week and get some guidance from her regarding what might be best for his schooling. Please pray that we might have discernment regarding what would be best for him and would facilitate his success without boring him.

Ruth continues to struggle with her voice. The inconsistencies in sleep don't help, nor does the need to talk pretty continuously to Jadon during the day. We welcome your prayers with us for her healing. Alan got his grades done today just minutes before the deadline. Nice to have that behind, now there are other things to catch-up on after the trip to China. Andrew is back into baseball and played his first game (his team's fifth) tonight. They did not win, but he played very well in the field at first base. Kirsten had an orchestra concert last night that was really quite good. We all went and Jadon sat through it well (even though it was almost 2 hours long).

We will continue to post as we can. We appreciate your interest and your efforts to follow our journey and support us. Your prayers have been apparent in our lives and we thank you for joining us in this journey.