13 more days of school

It is crazy for us to think that we only have 13 more days of school until Christmas break.  We are very excited to be able to come back to the states to see family & friends. We miss everyone & know everyone wants to see Lyndlee!  She is doing great.  She loves her preschool, her friends & teachers there, especially her best buddy Naiyah. Her teacher told me a story last night so I thought I would share.  Everyday before snack they pray, than the teacher will say, "Okay eat your snack, yum yum yum.  So now right after prayer, Lyndlee says yum yum yum!  She loves the snack, peanut butter on bread.  

Class is going well for both Brennan & I.  My kids were hyper these past 2 days!  We did a lot of fun thanksgiving art projects.  

Since I wrote last I visited an orphanage again.  This time I had to leave Lyndlee with Brennan at home, because my sister Julie sent over 50 pairs of flip flops for the kids at the orphanage.  So I asked 2 other teachers to help me get the shoes there.  The kids loved them & it was neat to be able to hand them out.  So there are some pictures from that visit.

We are so thankful for so many things, for having Lyndlee in our lives.  We are so blessed that she is our daughter.  We are so thankful to be here in Haiti & do be in good health. 

We love you all!

All for Him,

Janna, Brennan & Lyndlee Jya-Ying

Another week has gone by here in Haiti.  All is well here, we are getting excited about seeing family/friends in just about 30 some days!  Enjoy the new pictures.

Love to you all.

Janna, Brennan & Lyndlee Jya-Ying

Lyndlee is feeling better!  Thanks for all your prayers for her!  We love you all.

November Already?!

Hello Everyone,

Can't believe it is November, time flies here so quickly.  We are doing great.  We do find ourselves missing the cooler weather back in Columbia, the change of leaves, the pumpkins.  But than all we have to do is go on top of the school roof & look out & be okay.  We have a beautiful view of the ocean from there, I can't describe it in words so here is a picture for you to enjoy.  Every Saturday now we take time to do something different so I lay out & let me tell you, it was strange laying out knowing it is November.  Brennan plays baseball with our neighbor Brice, they pretend to have a whole game even though there are only 2 people playing, makes me laugh!  And Lyndlee, well she really loves to swing on the swing set at school so that is her thing to do!

Answered prayer:  the boat arrived!  Yippie.  They started unloading it today, it has 19 cars on it we were told, so it probably will still be about 1-2 weeks before we get our things but still, the boat is here in Haiti!  

Blessing: Last night there was a fire in the garages that are underneath our apartments but everyone is safe.  There garages hold extra furniture, freezers, tools, etc. Some wiring caught on fire, and thus caught some mattresses on fire.  The only thing left of the mattresses is the mostly the springs, picture is included.  Also one of the garage door melted.  It was a blessing that the walls & floor were cement so that the fire didn't spread quickly.  The men worked hard all yesterday afternoon & today, putting the fire out & cleaning everything up.  We are blessed that everyone was safe & that little damage was done.  Right now we have all our electricity but hot water & a working stove but we are blessed!

Exciting news for Lyndlee & Naiyah is that the school dog had puppies, so included is a picture of them petting one of the puppies, it is an everyday thing for them.  Also I thought the picture of them is cute by the school gate. They love school so much that they were trying to break down the gate to get in!!

Prayer Requests:  Continued good health for our family, that we can bring in our monthly support, all the teachers & students at Sonlight, Roger & Norma Alexander as they are away for 3 weeks.

Enjoy the pictures, much love to you all.

All for Him,

Janna, Brennan & Lyndlee Jya-Ying

New Week

Hello everyone!

Well the start of a new week & we are just praying we can all get better soon.

Lyndlee was seen by a doctor again last week & we were told she had scarlet fever.  But the fever finally broke praise the Lord, now she is starting to peel at her fingers, toes, knees & elbows which is apart of scarlet fever.  She seems to be getting better each day but now I seem to have a little something. We are just praying it isn't strep throat.

We finished up first quarter grades, hard to believe time has gone by that fast here.

We enjoyed a nice weekend & had some great family time.  We are looking forward to a Halloween party we are having this Friday night at a teachers house.  We don't have costumes but Lyndlee will be going as a Chinese girl since we have her dress from Taiwan with us!  We will post pictures later of that!

Funny story from this week, we went to the 7 eleven to buy some more powder milk for Lyndlee & were also excited to see some apples there!  When we were paying, the cashier asked if Lyndlee was my baby, I said yes!  She said oh no, you lie to me.  She just kept saying that so I tried to explain she is my baby, that we adopted her from Taiwan.  Not for sure if she really understood!  It gave us good laughs though.

We are so thankful to be here in Haiti, continue to pray that we can all start feeling better.  Continue to pray for all teachers & students here at Sonlight.

 A praise, the boat did leave Miami last week, should be here soon in Haiti with our new generator & packages from friends & family.  It will feel like Christmas in October!

Much love,

Janna, Brennan & Lyndlee Jya-Ying

A Hard Week

This week was probably our hardest here in Haiti.  Lyndlee has been very sick.  We were hoping the doctor would be here this week so that he could look at her.  Luckily there was a nurse here this week with the group that came in & she was great help, along with advice from our mothers, sisters, & several women here!  Lyndlee was running a high fever, had a rash all over her body, wouldn't eat & sleep.  We were told to keep her cool but that was a challenge since we didn't have power.  So most of the days we put her in the tub with cold water to keep the fever down & to relieve her from the rash.  We still don't know exactly what she has, we have her on medicine right now thinking possibly she may have strep throat or an allergic reaction to something.  So this week has been hard watching our baby girl be so sick, not being able to help her much.  Than there is this awful virus going around our students & teachers that Brennan got the beginning of the week & I got it towards the end.  We appreciate all your prayers during this time, please keep praying for Lyndlee & that she will continue to feel better.  Our good friends/neighbors had quite a scare with Amanda being very sick.  But she also is on medicine right now so please pray for their family & that she can continue to feel better.

Yesterday morning we wanted to get out of the house & enjoy the holiday/day off here in Haiti so we took a hike.  It was beautiful sights we saw, from the ocean view, the mountains, the Haitian people coming out to greet us & smile at Lyndlee.  It was a great day & we thank God for it!  

Enjoy the pictures!  We love you all!  Please keep praying the boat can make here to us with the new generator, they are telling us it will arrive Oct 22nd so we wait & pray!  We have had power for 4 days now & are loving it!  We feel spoiled even!

Janna, Brennan & Lyndlee Jya-Ying

We slept great last night!

Well, last time I wrote, I said we had power, well we lost it that very next day & went another 7 days with no electricity.  So we survived 14 days with no power!  It was long & hard at times but the Lord brought us through.  Last night about 8pm we got power, we slept so great!  It went off once, & I was thinking Lord why would you give us a taste & than have it taken away again.  But Brennan reminded me that we need to praise Him just for that taste, even if it was a short one!  So we went to bed thankful & woke up to power still.  I can't tell you how excited we are to do laundry, to cook again, to have light, to shower with hot water!  There is a new generator on its way by boat, we are all hoping that we can raise enough money for a second generator.  

Thanks for all your prayers & support during this trying time.  We appreciate it so much & you have all uplifted us!

Lord Bless you all!  Enjoy the pictures, the girls got so good at helping wash our clothes by hand!  The days we have been off school we spend lesson planning, going to see my students at their homes, one day I had some students over to play.  There is also a picture of some of Brennan's students at the Bible College!  

Tomorrow we start at school again, please be praying for all the students/teachers at Sonlight!

Janna, Brennan & Lyndlee