Monday, June 29, 2009

Beautiful Flowers

These flowers show just a glimpse of the beauty of Austria.








And then here is our beautiful flower, Sarah "Rose" with the beautiful roses. 







We love you and wish you could experience all this beauty with us.

LeAnne (for all 5 of us)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Nutella - Austrian Style

This is a HUGE tub of Nutella. We thought it was so funny, because in Malawi we can only get small jars. This one cost 25 euros which is around $36. The girls (each) want to take one back in their carry-on. It weighs 5kg which is a fourth of our allowance. We will probably take at least one back though.




Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Just Another Update

I wanted to update everyone on Sarah Rose. She is completely better now. Thank you for praying for her. Now Molly Grace is sick. She is not as sick as Sarah Rose was though, which is good. We are hoping and praying that Amber Elizabeth doesn't get it.

We have another eight days in Austria and then we head to Italy. It has been really cloudy (which the Austrians say is very unusual for this time of year) so we cannot see the very top of the mountains. But what we do see, is beautiful. I will post pictures soon, I promise.

Thank you again for praying for us. We love you.

LeAnne (for all 5 of us)

Monday, June 22, 2009

Update on Sarah Rose

I want to say "Thank You" for all the prayers for Sarah Rose. God does answers prayers and she is feeling a little better today. She has not thrown up at all. That is good news. She is not eating that much, but I pray that her appetite will pick up tomorrow. She has been sleeping a lot too. Her little body is probably worn out from all the vomiting yesterday. She has not been running fever today which is also a good thing. I will keep you posted through the blog. If you don't see anything new in a few days, then you will know she is better.

Thank you again for all the prayers and we love you!

LeAnne (for all 5 of us)

Sunday, June 21, 2009

We could use your prayer...

As a lot of you may know, we are in Austria for a week and a half and then we head to Italy for a week and a half. So far it hasn't been a very pleasant trip. Sarah Rose woke up this morning around 5 throwing up. She has been throwing up all though out the day and sleeping a lot. Normally I wouldn't be that worried, but coming from a country that has malaria, I'm a little concerned. I don't think it is malaria, but we never know without the test. We do have the medicine if it is malaria, but I don't think she would be able to keep it down long enough for it to start working. So, I am asking that you say a prayer for our baby girl that it's not malaria and that she starts feeling better real soon.

Thank you and we love you!
LeAnne (for all 5 of us)

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