Ariana III

Hi honey! I miss you so much! I cant wait to pick you up from the airport! I even bought a new outfit for the occasion :) (hehe). We will be with eachother in no time! I have been working out with Sheri and I am loving it! I miss working out and it feels great! My friend Stephanie is working out at the same place. It has been great seeing her. Nikki and I are going to see eachother on Wednesday! I am looking forward to that too! I have an appointment with Uma on Thursday. She may do an emap on me and should be able to compare the results of before the baby...just to make sure i am healthy and ready for another (in a few more months of course...).

Thanks for the posts of S. Africa. They bay you stayed at looked incredible. I am looking forward to seeing all of your pictures and video. How did Sunday go? What was the church at where you preached like? Have you gotten to meet alot of great people?

It is snowing here. COLLLLDD but gorgeous! (of course, i am inside...)

Here are some great videos of our baby girl. One when she first wakes up and then her driving!

Miss you oooo sooooo much!

Hi!

Hello Honey!!

Thank you so much for the pictures and videos!! It does me so good to hear and see you and Ariana. I miss you both so very much.

We are continuing to have a wonderful time here at South Africa. Pastor spoke at the Worship conference today and I think all of his messages where very well recieved. There are major worship wars taking place here in South Africa just like America, so these messages where very timely. He was a little weak, as he was still recovering from his sickness, but the Lord gave him the strength to make it through.

Tomorrow we will head to a couple of church services. We are all heading to Pastor Irving Steggles church for the AM Service. Then in the PM Ben and I will head back to Pastor Steggles, because I am preaching there and Pastor, Norm and Max are heading to a different church in the area. Please pray that these three messages will bear much fruit for the gospel of Christ.

On Monday we head to the Kruger National Park and we will be back on Friday. I am not sure what kind of internet service they will have out there, so I may not be able to be online from Mon-Fri. Then I will be back home on Sunday. I am counting down the days! I believe that saying is true, "Distance makes the heart grow fonder." Being away from both of you this long has been very difficult, but it has made me anticipate that day we will be reunited again. Please take good care of yourself and of our little girl and I will see you in one week!!!

I Love You!

Eric

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVr2eOBmo_U

Click on this! I have been singing this since you left!
I don't know how to post from facebook! You will have to teach me!

Ariana's telling a story

Ariana said she misses Daddy!

Ariana II

Ariana Loves You! and so do I!

To Ariana

Flight and Lion Park

Here are a couple other video's from our flight over and from the lion park that we went to. It was great to have a couple days of rest after the longest flight ever!! Enjoy the videos...

4am Workout

Hey Honey,

Ben and I could not sleep at all on Saturday night. We both went to bed at 8:30pm and woke up at 11:30pm, and could not fall back asleep. So we read and journaled pretty much all night!! Then we decided to get our workout in for the day at 4am. So, here is some clips from that workout.

Pictures-Lion Park

Hey Honey,

Here are some great pics from the Lion Park we went to on Saturday! It was very neat being so close to the lions.

Thanks for sending me the pictures of Ariana! I miss her and you so much. I am so glad to hear that you are having a good time and our baby seems so happy.

We have been having a wonderful time so far. Today we went to a church in the area and heard Pastor preach. The gospel becomes more and more precious the more times I hear it preached. Please continue to pray that Pastor's messages will be used to bring people to a saving faith in Christ!

We do have some videos put together that we will be able to post, however our internet signal is too weak to allow it. Tomorrow we head into Port Elizabeth and there we will have a much better signal. So, stay tuned, Lord willing we should have some really good video footage to put on.

Also, we usually arrive in at night around 1-2pm your time. So, if you think of it keep your email open at that time and we can chat through google. Talk to you soon!!


Love,

Eric

Bad News

Yes, baby is still crying. So i will make this sad announcement short! Mark Girrbach's father died on New Years day at 8 am. They are going to have the service on Thursday. Mark is ok. His father's wife is taking it pretty hard - of course. So do keep their family in your prayers. I will let you know more later.

Love you so much. Come back safe!

Lori

Great News

Honey! Guess What!? I have wonderful news!!!! :):)

Bobby and Lisa are going to have a baby! Yes, Bobby and Lisa!!! They told us tonight. She found out New Years Eve. We all cried! Everyone is super excited and suprised all at the same time! I am so happy I am here to recieve the news in person! It has been a great blessing!

I love you honey, baby just woke up for (hopefully) her last feeding for the night!

She was great today! And she misses you!

Jan. 2nd

Hi Babe!

We miss you so much! I worked out today with Sheri! We had a blast! I couldn't kick correctly, so I am going to have to practice :) But it wasn't so bad...I was able to breath and I felt good! My muscles feel a bit used, but not to bad...yet! I had to take a nap with Ariana after the work out. She has been sleeping in until 11:00 12:00- but of course today, she woke up at 7:00 am! She knew I had to leave I guess.

She has been great today! She loves her mobile and she loves the big TV. She is happy and smiling all the time, and holding her head up so well. My mom, Mimi and I went to Macy's and picked her up 3 new warm jammies. She only had two that fit her. So this will keep her through the winter-we bought 6 month size! But they shrink and she grows, so this should be perfect!

We will be watching Star Trek 3 tonight. I love Star Trek! Have you even seen Flight of the Navigator? That is another 80's good movie we'll have to watch together. I didn't get to see it today, just bits and pieces. I'll save that one for you!

Love you babe....

Lori and the other babe!

Ariana - THIS ONE!!

Ariana

Hi Honey,

I am going to try to post the photos!! Ariana misses you so much!

Arrived

Hello Lori, Ariana and Fam,

We have arrived safe and sound and are settled into our hotel room. It is a pretty nice little resort. I have a very week internet signal, so I am not sure how much activity I will be able to do at the hotel here. Lori and Ariana I miss you both so much and love you so much. I am praying that God may comfort you and fill you with His Holy Spirit...please pray for me to that end as well. I will try to post some video as soon as I can!

Have a great night and Happy New Year!!

Love,

Eric