Šola v Sloveniji

One big step of faith for our family when we moved to Slovenia was placing our children into the Slovenian school system. We knew in order to thrive here this was something they must do and there is no better way to learn the culture and language than to be right in the middle of it! (In many ways as parents we wish we could start in Slovene first grade as this would help us in our language.) We are now a year and a half into schooling here and we are so proud of the girls! Our prayer was that they would be like Daniel and thrive in another culture while remaining filled with integrity and love for the Lord. Clearly prayers are being answered! We are in awe at how much language they know, and how well they are doing in school. Really that is understated, because several weeks ago a high ranking teacher at the school came to me and told me the ENTIRE staff at the school is amazed by the girls. This teacher told me the girls had raised the bar for the whole school! That report is obviously awesome to here as a parent, but we give the credit to the Lord as he answers the prayers of our family, friends and supporters. Beyond the education our girls have each had unique opportunities to share their faith with friends and teachers, which is incredible to see their boldness and we pray this will continue as the years go on. Our boys are going to have a tough act to follow because the girls have set the bar high!

Back to Blogging!

Wow, over a year has passed since we last posted an update on the blog. In all honesty I had decided to just let the blog die since we are active on Facebook, but in the last month I have realized it is impossible to capture the depth of our life in short Facebook posts and pictures. Therefore, I have resurrected the blog and plan to post a little more depth on our family life and ministry. Stay tuned for  a better view of our family's life here in Radovljica.

Learning to Communicate!

Remember the classic child game of telephone? The game where you whisper a sentence into the ear of one child and send it down the line of children in order to find out how bad the sentence has been butchered by the youthful relay system. Everyone looks forward to seeing the end product and how poorly it has been communicated. It is quite funny to see how skewed the sentence turns out compared to how it was first communicated.

I often think of this game as we attempt to communicate here in Slovenia, only it isn’t in a line of people. The words/sentences are often butchered directly after we are told, we don’t need a relay line! Although the language is difficult I think we are beginning to enjoy and embrace the opportunity to learn a new language, and we are excited for the ministry opportunities that will bring. 

On the subject of learning . . .  we are very proud of Tahlia and Mikaela as they are excelling in Slovene school! God has truly used them as lights for Him even in these first few months. They are learning quick, but even greater, they are filled with joy instead of discouragement and for this we praise God!

With all we are learning I cannot wait to play telephone again with American children, it will be great to hear how they relay this sentence: Moj učiteljica gre v nakupovalnem središču nakup nahrbtnik in sladkarije v slaščičarni.