Help us build our home

We are planning on building a two story home this summer.  We are building a home that is comfortable for a family of 4 and adequate for a family of 6.  Since Shauna wants 4 kids we are trying to plan ahead.

 

We will hire 3 Mongolian men to help for about 3 months.  We are also planning to have 2 teams come from the US to help.  We hope to do some building for the local community and are waiting to see what the local leaders would like us to do.

 

To get a little feel of what we are thinking here is a picture of our friends houses who lives in Bayankhongor.

                       

 

If you would like to receive an application form please send an email to us.  We are trying to keep the size of the teams manageable.

Life is a bit crazy

I have not been able to update the blog in a while. I'm not sure if that is good or bad. It means we have been keeping plenty busy actually living life rather then writing about it. But that is just a nice sounding excuse :)

I have decided to expand the content of this blog. It has mainly been a way to update people on our family, I now want to add a few posts on what God is teaching us, and how He is working in our ministry. So you can look forward to those posts as well. As for now here is an update on... well Kaylee.

Kaylee is doing good, she has an occasional cold/cough but pretty healthy. Her bottom two teeth have broken through but still pushing up. They no longer hurt as much. She is now eating dinner with us. Thanks to a handy food grinder we were given she eats what we eat.
We had a good Christmas. Kaylee was sent a lot of Toys. Of course all the toys from America have both English and Spanish. I'm not sure why parents can't find Mongolian language toys :) Shauna's big gift this year was a rocking chair that has been set up for a few months. (It makes those few middle of the night crying sessions better.) I, Jeff got enough money for tools that we should be set once we start to build the house. Meaning I should be able to buy 2 cheap Chinese tools of everything I will need. I figure most will burn up by the time the house is finished. With most tools I figure I can buy 3-4 Chinese one's compared to the cheaper American tools.