Welcome to the World!!

Well lots has been going on lately and Amy has been doing a great job at keeping up with everything...however the most recent and exciting took place lastnight. Arelia Rose Maria Priest was born around 6:58pm weighing 7 lbs 3 oz. We haven't seen her yet as they are not home from the hospital yet. Cossetta and Jonathan (principal and his wife/great friends of mine) went down yesterday afternoon and are supposed to be coming home today...sounds quick I know. Neways Mother and Baby are doing well....I'm sure Cossetta is excited to finally be in the recovery stage and not the waiting stage. I'll try to get a picture up soon so everyone can enjoy the new bambina along with us :)

The other most recent happenings took place on mon and tue this week. Our school cleaned up at the Tegucigalpa Track and Field meet. Seriously...I don't know for sure yet what the stats are but man we certainly came home with a lot of 1st's, 2nd's and 3rd's. I am so proud of these kids they are well on their way to breaking some long standing records next friday at the ABSH meet (which our school is running). Sorry again no pictures yet there either. Next week I'm going to bring my own camera however it is so hard to take pictures and coach at the same time! No matter what the sport.

Well end of the quarter is quickly drawing to a close. Only 1 week left!!! eeek...that means fitness testing is starting for my girls.....oh how they love it....yes that was dripping with sarcasim!

Check out my dads site to see some awsome pictures from boundary road. The pond is just like glass its so beautiful!! here is one example.



Alrighty well thats all for now, short but a must :)
More to come....May God be continuing to bless your life as He is mine (even with all the challenges lately)

Our Wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving crew....so felt like Christmas...so wierd!



This is our Coca-Cola-Jesus Mountian where we call home!



This is me after using my bike all last week to run with my girls. The field and roads were pretty wet...basically like a pond again so I got a little dirty to say the least lol....but man was it much easier on my body to ride back and forth with them then trying to run with every class!! Why I never used it last year I will never know!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING CANADIANS

Oh to be home having a super thanksgiving dinner in bruce mines and playing with my dads new tractor.....guess i'll just have to hear about all the goodness through the phone calls. It was really great to talk to my parents lastnight....even got to say hi to my auntie mary-ann. I can't wait to see some pictures of the fall colours, even if they are not quite as brillant as last years. All the Canadians down here are going to celebrate next saturday, complete with an igloo building competition...lol i'll have to post some pictures from that as i have no idea what that will entail.

Well neways, on another note, its offical I am on another Honduran sports team, and yet again my coaches name is Hugo. 8) Yeah for Hugo's.. hehe...neways I have now played in 2 games, the first one we won and the 2nd we lost, however the 2nd was a much stronger team. I am really excited to be getting to play more volleyball...if Mr. Marchut could only see me know lol! It is WAY more fun to play than coach or ref...but I am getting good practice at coaching too and it does have its super moments as well, especially when they see that you do actually know what you are talking about sometimes lol!
Well melodee, amy, and joseph have been faithful cheerers for both kyle and I and we greatly appreciate their support, even if it is a little crazy at times...you can see, and hear some of their antics on melodees myspace as she has added some of their comentatry videos to her site. Hopefully you can see them but right now i'm having trouble making them work so be patient and I'll let you know when they are working.

So here is a picture of me and my adoring fans lol...complete with ALP pom poms.

As for life down here...it has been very crazy busy. I can't believe that we only have 3 weeks of classes left of the 1st quarter!! Unbelieveable how fast the year goes down here. God certainly is challenging me again this year with patience and looking to Him for my strength, not just to those around me (because I am blessed with so many supportive people down here!). I am trying my best too, to encourage my students to not be afraid to be bold for Christ. Not to let the "its not cool" stigma hinder them from praising God in all they do. It is sometimes easier said than done, even for us as adults!

Alrighty well it is time for bed once again so I'm signing off.

~gnite and hope you all have a wonderful new week full of Gods many blessings!!