Dear Friends and Family;
How are you? We are fine. It has been a while since we have updated, and in this case, no news has been good news. We have just been plugging away at our various ministries and family responsibilities. We have all been very healthy for a long time now, with only the occasional cold or upset tummy and we thank the Lord for that.
Greg has been back from his language check and team meetings for several weeks now. They had good meetings and the language checks were very encouraging. He is back home working on translation and formatting the translated materials we already have, getting them ready for publication.
The kids and I have been diligently homeschooling trying to get caught up from the three weeks I was gone with my mom. The curriculum we are using is really working for us this year, and that is such a blessing. We have been doing alot of gardening and cooking together too, and it is neat to see our children turning into capable young ladies and men.
My mom is doing very well. She is back home and very happy with her new doctor and the care she is receiving. Thank you so much for your prayers for her.
Caleb is happy and healthy. He is 26 lbs now, at almost 16 months, and is walking (er. . .running, bouncing, climbing). He is saying lots of words, and ordering the kids around and telling us in depth stories in a language all his own. We all get so much joy from him. Nate thinks we should train a camera on him all the time. He thinks we would be sure to win on America’s Funniest home videos 🙂
Caleb, Grace and I (Pam) will be going to Singapore for a week on the the 22nd for his annual echocardiogram. We had enough frequent flyer miles to take Grace along too, and she is excited to have a special trip with mommy. We have worked it out with Greg’s folks and Darcy that they will be there at the same time getting their medical check-ups so we will be able to share a motel room with Darcy and will have some nice family time. We are trusting, as healthy and “normal” as Caleb has been, that his Echocardiogram will be just fine and really haven’t been worrying about it at all, but you can pray for those results all the same. As nice as a yearly trip to Singapore sounds, it is expensive and interrupts our schedule quite a bit, and we would love to hear that Caleb is perfectly healthy and doesn’t need to be checked next year.
Darcy will travel back from Singapore with us and Greg’s folks will arrive a few weeks later to spend Christmas with us (what a huge blessing it will be to have a family Christmas!) Then, in January, Greg will be headed back to our tribal location for several weeks, but surely you will hear from us again before that!
We are missing the fall season this year, so step outside and take a deep breath of the crisp fall air and look around at the beautiful colors of fall for us.
Thank you so much for your continued prayers, support, and encouraging notes, we love you all!
In His loving Grace;
Greg and Pam Berglund
P.S.
If you want to see some recent family pictures you can follow these links:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2008105&l=cc982&id=1321659393
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2007305&l=65554&id=1321659393
And if you want to read about some of our thoughts and recent experiences here you can look here:
http://indomom.wordpress.com/
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