Trials and Tribulations of our preschooler.

The last few days between Zane and I have been very rough. Our sweet little boy was just not his normal happy self after a fall out between he and I. Neither Jim nor I are sure of why but we have a few ideas besides the fallout,  Zane hasn't been sleeping as much as normal and trying to give up his nap, of which I am not giving into the idea of. Jim has been working a lot due to a training exercise and it might be that he misses and wants time with daddy. What ever the issue has been, we had a GREAT day today! I have spent the past few days doing a lot of praying, reading, crying and talking. This morning when the little guy got up he wanted to cuddle so that is what we did, spent time cuddling. He went to school and when he got off the bus was in an ok mood but the minute we got in the house started getting testy and pushing buttons. He didn't want to take a nap and argued but he feel asleep so fast when his head hit the pillow he couldn't argue anymore. He woke up a very happy go lucky kid, like the sweet Zane we know he can be on a regular basis. He played with his daddy, helped me grate cheese for dinner, of course his idea of helping was to take a big bite out of the brick and after dinner we went to the park. I know that God doesn't give us more than we can handle and at times gives us trials to make us stronger. It has been a hard couple of days and I know that there will be many more over the years.  We are so blessed to have a loving and caring God! 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Love you all,
Liz

Rain

Good morning from rain filled Waegwan. I think we have woken up with rain since the tropical storm came through last week. All we got was a lot of rain and it was expected to be much worse but the storm took a turn and we didn't get the winds that were predicted.

It is hard to believe that we have been here almost 6 months already, the time has flown by and we are enjoying ourselves. We have been wanting to get out and see more of the area where we are living but either due to rain, the weather being to hot or Jim having to work we haven't gotten to do a lot of site-seeing  but we have a little under 3 years to get all of that done so no hurries or worries.  The time here has been good for us as a family as we do get to spend more time together and that is saying a lot. It was nice not to have Jim deploy this year thanks to God and the move to Korea. I can say that a lot of our friends have been in our prayers as they have just gone back or are getting ready to go again.  This is the longest time we have been together as a family under the same roof. We know that God has been working hard in our little family and we can see the wonderful changes He is blessing us with.

In the past week Zane has just grown up over night and there are times when I wish he would just slow down. This past Sunday night I got back from Bible study late so we ran to post to get dinner. He told me he had to go to the bathroom, daddy just left to go, and so I said ok and started to follow him. He turned to me and said, "No mommy, I can go by myself." No idea where that came from but it is happening a lot! Last night we are getting ready to sit down for dinner and he says, "Wait a minute, we have to turn off the tv."  So he goes to turn off the transformer as the tv was already off, but it all had to be turned off. He even tried to carry the oranges and bananas back from the little store down the street but they were to heavy. He loves to help and is turning into such a little gentleman.  Zane is also our little reminder at dinner that we have to pray before we eat yet he has usually started to eat before that happens. It is nice to get such a wonderful little reminder
from God on a daily basis.

Nothing amazing or exciting, other than my mom's visit has happened in the past few weeks but I have felt the need to blog and just let everyone know we are doing well. We do enjoy it here and everyone is welcome to come and visit as you will have a place to stay. It might be an air mattress but we do have hot water and a nice little home. We are learning that there are lots of things out there we can live without and being here has opened our eyes to other things as well. It is amazing to be living in country that is so old, historically yet so young in other areas, I think for Jim and I being away from Seoul has shown us that more than anything. Waegwan is the country to Korea and we have seen horse drawn carts going down the streets. There are rice fields all around us and I can't wait to see the rice get picked and dried.  It has been amazing to see the building across the street go up and almost all by hand. The would pour one floor with molds of boards and metal pipes, wait for that to dry before pouring another. We have wanted to go in to the building to see what the apartments/homes look like but haven't been able too. It is weird not to have to walk around with house keys but remember codes to get into your building or your home. 

I can't think of much else to say and that might be good as I am hearing the little man start to wake up. One good thing about the rain as he does sleep better!  I will do my best to blog more often even if it is just a few sentences or words.

Love and miss you all,

Jim, Liz and Zane