One Last Word on Our Pirate Princess

January 27, 2016

Our sweet little “Pirate Princess” Iris had an eye appointment a few days ago and we are praising the Lord over the news we received. As some of you may know there was a chance that Iris might need a secondary eye operation. For the last three months she has been wearing glasses and we […]

Return of the Pirate Princess

October 10, 2015

She is so sweet and cute but to be honest, we never wanted to see Iris with this “look” again. We had done our best to get her through a really difficult time in the past by helping her feel like her eye therapy was something fun and could be like she was dressing up […]

Last Post-Op for the {Pirate} Princess!

October 10, 2014

It was a sweet moment when Iris smiled at her ophthalmologist and said, “Thank you for fixing my eyes!” I felt pretty choked up as the doctor smiled and told her it had been his privilege to treat her. And that was that. The end of Iris’ VERY LAST appointment before we move to Mexico. […]

Bright-Eyed Princess

April 6, 2014

What do all the things in this picture have in common you might ask? Well. They are three of Iris’ favorite things about her eye checkups she has been having for the last 4 months! The fly is usually the image she looks at on a tablet device through 3D glasses as the doctor tells […]

All Princess & No More Pirate

December 5, 2013

I can’t believe it’s over! That’s what keeps hitting me: Iris’s surgery is DONE. It’s over, it’s past, she’s healing, her eyes are looking straight and working together. And all this before we have even been on the ground in the States for two weeks! This is simply amazing and such a HUGE praise in […]

Pirate Princess Makeover

October 13, 2013

Iris has a new look. It’s not one we would have chosen but it has happened. It is the look that is one step involved in many steps to come that will hopefully fix her beautiful little eyes! Because of that, we like this look. ;D Iris and my time in Port Moresby (PNG’s capitol […]

Pirate Princess’ Voyage

October 1, 2013

The last three months with our little “Pirate Princess” Iris have sure been interesting! Iris has endured all these weeks of wearing an eye patch covering one eye (alternating sides every three days) all day, every day. There have been good days, ok days and some days where I thought the world would end before […]

Pirate Princess

June 22, 2013

“What’s wrong with Iris’ eyes? Is she cross-eyed?” The question came from the sweet little daughter of a fellow missionary, squinting up into the sun at Iris as I held her. Her innocent little question was not the first time I had heard it and only echoed what we ourselves had been wondering about Iris […]

Shadowing Jude

January 26, 2013

The best way I have found to slow Jude down while on a walk through our village is to make him wear shoes. 🙂 Only while his feet are constrained to civilized attire will he actually WALK with me (as opposed to run) as we visit our friends here. Life is like that for Jude-full […]

Iris, Our Strong Little Flower

July 6, 2011

As most of you know, our wonderful daughter Iris (Hebrew, meaning “flower”) has finally made her entrance into the world! Every day we are filled with praise to the Lord for her life and feel incredibly blessed. We wanted to share with you a little more detail about how Iris was born to give more glory to […]