The last month

At a Roma wedding in Berkovitsa.

Jackie, Ashleigh, Danielle and me enjoying some quality time together. Oh how I miss you guys already.

Someone got this pic during worship time of us.

Isabelle's first trip to the beach. Pretty cool that its in Greece.

Isabelle, Eleanor and John

Picking grapes at our landlords vineyard.

Eleanor ate so many grapes her whole mouth was purple. We thought for sure she was going to be sick, but she never did.

The last month has been a whirlwind. Exactly one month ago today our wonderful friends Kevin and Danielle Foster arrived along with their two kids to spend time with us for a couple weeks. They hung out with us at our new home in Velingrad and got to experience a little bit of our daily lives. Then we all came to Sofia to prepare for NMSI's triennial retreat which was hosted in Bulgaria and Greece this year. We spent two weeks worshipping, attending workshops, praying, and fellowshipping with over 200 missionaries serving around the world. It was an incredible blessing. We got to catch up with so many friends who we love and miss. Now we are back in Sofia getting some stuff done (like doctor's appointments, team meetings, etc.) before heading back to Velingrad to begin really diving into relationship building and surveying the region for what things are really needed and how we can best make God's love known. Despite all three of us having a cold during the retreat, we are feeling mentally refreshed from the retreat. Isabelle changed so much in the last month. She is 5 mos. today. She now chews on her feet, laughs out loud all the time, rolls over every time I lay her down, reaches for everything, and watches everyone just taking it all in. She makes us laugh and smile all the time these days, even though getting her to nap is twice as hard now that she rolls over and is curious about everything going on around her. She's beautiful and such a happy baby.