Thanks so much for praying for both our volunteers, Megan and Jennifer, to arrive safely. Megan arrived a couple weeks ago, and she is settling in well and spending some time studying Tagalog and learning how to get around town on her own. The kids love having her here, and she spends quite a bit of time playing games and reading books with them. Hopefully she will be able to help me with some of the homeschooling responsibilities once school starts up again in the fall. Megan is planning to stay with us 4 months - 1 year, and she will help out with various projects we have going on with the Agta. Here is a picture of Megan and Mikayla in front of Mt. Mayon.
Jennifer is a speech therapist, and she arrived yesterday. She is feeling the effects of jet lag, but her trip went well and she is doing well. She will stay with us for 2 weeks and work with Ben. Her coming is such an answer to prayer. Here is a pic of her and Ben in front of Mt. Mayon. 
Even though she is still feeling the effects of the trip, she wanted to jump right in today with doing some testing and therapy with Ben. It is so encouraging to watch her work with him and to talk with her because I can tell she really knows what she is doing and wants so badly to help us help Ben.
They took several breaks in the testing and therapy to "get the wiggles out". Ben is doing great, but it is a lot of concentration time for a 4 year old. Pray that he would stay focused, and we would be able to cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time. Please also pray as he just got an ear infection yesterday and is in a lot of pain. We are keeping him on meds to help with this the first couple days, and hopefully the antibiotics will kick in soon. Pray for wisdom for Jennifer as she seeks to find the techniques that will be most effective in helping Ben overcome this difficulty.
Jennifer is a speech therapist, and she arrived yesterday. She is feeling the effects of jet lag, but her trip went well and she is doing well. She will stay with us for 2 weeks and work with Ben. Her coming is such an answer to prayer. Here is a pic of her and Ben in front of Mt. Mayon. Even though she is still feeling the effects of the trip, she wanted to jump right in today with doing some testing and therapy with Ben. It is so encouraging to watch her work with him and to talk with her because I can tell she really knows what she is doing and wants so badly to help us help Ben.They took several breaks in the testing and therapy to "get the wiggles out". Ben is doing great, but it is a lot of concentration time for a 4 year old. Pray that he would stay focused, and we would be able to cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time. Please also pray as he just got an ear infection yesterday and is in a lot of pain. We are keeping him on meds to help with this the first couple days, and hopefully the antibiotics will kick in soon. Pray for wisdom for Jennifer as she seeks to find the techniques that will be most effective in helping Ben overcome this difficulty. 
Thank God with us for these 2 volunteers that have obeyed God's call in their lives and made many sacrifices to come partner with us. We are so excited to have them here and can't wait to see what God will do in and through them during the upcoming weeks and months.
3 comments:
That is so awesome that they came!!! We miss you guys.
I will definitely be praying for Jennifer and Ben! What a lucky lady to be working with probably the cutest boy (at least the cutest dimples) that ever came through my class here in RVA. I hope she will be able to help Ben and then help you help Ben as well! By the way, I saw on our company pages that Jen & Steve have had recent birthdays...hope they were great!
Blessings to all of you!
Ms. Marlene
How wonderful they are there now! Mikayla looks soooo happy in that picture! :-)
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