Monday, August 11, 2008

cool kids


I praise God for two really cool kids!  Wesley and Coulter are spunky, fun and have hearts full of compassion.  They have such a good time together... well, most of the time.  They play Legos most of the day.  This week they filled the dining room table full of Legos and played all day for three days.  They both have adapted well to living here in Romania.  Coulter usually gets languages a little confused but tries to speak Romanian with his friend, Emi.  Emi, a Rroma friend, stayed with us recently for three days.  It was amazing to me how much fun they had even though there was some language barrier.  We enjoy our kids.  We are glad that we are living here and do not feel the pressure to have them in "everything".  I love to see how God is working in their lives.  I love when we are walking and Coulter says " Mom, there's a Gypsy...you better pray for them to know Jesus."  Or today when we were walking and saw someone picking up trash (which is rare here!), he said "Mom I think they are cleaning up the trash because they heard the 'Gaspel' (Gospel)".  Wesley is sensitive to others needs as well.  We are making it a habit to have food available for the beggar children instead of giving money.  If I forget, Wesley will usually say "Mom, aren't you going to feed them?"  We desire to raise them to fear the Lord, walk humbly and love mercy.  Pray for the Banks boys.