Some of you might of heard us talking about this, and some of you perhaps not.
You all know that Jon and I are pretty big advocates of James 1:27 - "religion that our God and Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress..."
We actually plan to adopt siblings in the future, but thats then, this is now. So when we were sent an email from Copperfield Church about needing host familes for the Matsiko Orphan Choir when they are in town, we were intrigued, and also knew that we really had no choice but to volunteer. I know that makes it sound like being forced into it, but it was more of, well we both know the discussions of whether we should do this not are just a formality...
So we volunteered, and then decided to youtube this choir to see what I could find. For whatever reason, Jon was thinking a uniformed orderly boys choir or something kind of like this http://www.singers.com/~singers/groupimages2/SofiaBoysChoirWeb.jpg
what I discovered was somethign mroe like this http://media.redding.com/media/img/photos/2013/03/19/359145_t607.JPG
and this...
If you didnt click the links - to me it looks like a bunch of kids from peru and africa who were just given Large Pixi sticks (thaks Paul!) and then given free roam of Disney Land...
as I discovered this, Jon looked at me and asked "what have we done?!" to which I said..."oh thats it? thats nothing...we got this. try teaching for a bit."
Anyway, we got an email last night confirming that they want to use us as a host family for up to 3 kids and a chaperone from Friday evening June 21st - early Monday June 24th). We also volunteered our back yard for the whole choir to come over and swim, eat hotdogs , be kids..whatever...sooooooooo....we might not be very 'available' that weekend.
We really dont know what to expect, and we are simply asking for prayer for these kids, and our ability to make them feel loved and appreciated during their few days romping aroudn the Prebish Casa.
We are excited and we fully expect some kind of blessing and many stories out of this ("cause stories is what its all about! right?! right? no? ok...." -Jon)
also - if you get a phone call from Jon that weekend...it might be in a slight panic desperate for help - "I got kids coming out of the rafters, the dog is chasing them, Aaron is just laughing and hitting them with the spatula as they run by...what have I done?!"...just putting you on notice.
"Religion that our God and Father accepts as pure and faultless (and maybe a bit chaotic!)"
Jon and Courtney.
http://www.icnchildren.net/world-orpans-choir-icn
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Newest Happenings of the Prebish Clan
Well it has been awhile since I have actually had time to sit down and do any of this kind of stuff but summer is here. I am hoping to start updating this more for our friends and family near and far. I do not have pictures this time, just words but I will give a quick update of what is going on in our crazy house.
Today was our last day of school and I have never been so excited to have the year come to an end. This year was challenging for so many reasons. One of the largest reasons was that there were many days where my sweet boy was at day care for 10+ hours and it broke my heart. As the year began to wrap up, Jon and I started talking about next year and the future. I knew I wanted to move closer to home so I applied in Cy-Fair, the district we live in, and didn't have much luck. As that appeared to be a dry river, we started looking at "what next". After much discussion we decided that I needed to resign from my current school and we would put things in God's hands. I would not say that the plan is totally for me to stay home with Aaron in the fall, but the hope is that I can have a closer and less demanding something. We have several things that sound like a great way to have a little bit of extra money but still allow me to spend time around the house and taking care of our family needs. Of course these sound great to us, but none of them are anything that can be done without God opening doors. As the summer goes on we are anxious to see where this path takes us. I am going to enjoy my time catching up from a busy year and loving on my baby.
I hope to update this regularly so stay tuned, we have missed a lot.
Today was our last day of school and I have never been so excited to have the year come to an end. This year was challenging for so many reasons. One of the largest reasons was that there were many days where my sweet boy was at day care for 10+ hours and it broke my heart. As the year began to wrap up, Jon and I started talking about next year and the future. I knew I wanted to move closer to home so I applied in Cy-Fair, the district we live in, and didn't have much luck. As that appeared to be a dry river, we started looking at "what next". After much discussion we decided that I needed to resign from my current school and we would put things in God's hands. I would not say that the plan is totally for me to stay home with Aaron in the fall, but the hope is that I can have a closer and less demanding something. We have several things that sound like a great way to have a little bit of extra money but still allow me to spend time around the house and taking care of our family needs. Of course these sound great to us, but none of them are anything that can be done without God opening doors. As the summer goes on we are anxious to see where this path takes us. I am going to enjoy my time catching up from a busy year and loving on my baby.
I hope to update this regularly so stay tuned, we have missed a lot.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
It's been awhile
It has been awhile since I have updated here, time has gotten away from me. Work has been super busy and the moving little man has made life even more eventful. I will try to do a quick catch up on what we have been up to. These were some of his first school pictures, mommy fell in love (daddy thought they were overpriced).
This is the sweet face I see many mornings when I go to wake him up, what a great way to start the day.
Including playing with Luna's toys and chasing her around.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Aaron's 1st Christmas
I can't believe the season has come and gone so quickly. Last year I was so tired all the time that it seemed to last forever, along with all the to dos. This year was a hustle and bustle to get everything done in time. I felt like I had less time to prepare because all of my time off of work was on the back side of the holidays. Now, I do not complain as I am getting my life back in order and house cleaned.
My dad, Barbie and Spencer came in again this year to celebrate Christmas with us. They flew in on Sunday and stayed until Thursday. It was a nice visit and we enjoyed having them around. We all went to church on Christmas Eve and spent a lot of time playing with the little man. On Christmas morning we all got up and showered in order to head to my mom's new house to start the Christmas Day festivities. Jon's family joined us around noon; Mark, Nora, Shawna, Mary and the two doggies. Needless to say we had a house full. At one time we had 13 adults, a baby and 3 dogs. We enjoyed a day full of family, friends and fun. I love when we can spend this day together as a family because these are the memories that will last a life time.
What happens when you combine 3 families; 13 adults and 1 baby?
...a crazy amount of gifts. We did stockings in the morning...
And later in the day we opened presents. It took us a long time to get through all of the gifts this little boy had. It actually worked out well because the adults opened gifts while he napped and then when he woke up we all watched him enjoy his new stuff. Here are only a few of the pictures we took.
Grammy made him a super soft blankie
He wanted to help open
His cousin gave him the best Christmas book ever, The Polar Express
Playing the piano with Paul
Enjoying some of his treasures
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