Okay, I've been told by enough people that it has been a while since I updated the family blog. We have had a lot going on that I could share. No real good excuses as to why I haven't done it sooner.
The kids started school on August 20th. Josh is in 4th grade and Annika is in 2nd at the international school. With a new school year, comes a new group of students. We are looking forward to getting to know them better. Some more of our very dear friends have moved away which is not easy. The Maasland family has now moved to Russia. Another very hard "See you later." Andrea was my Shannon Watson here in Sweden. (I still can't believe they were so alike!)
We decided to keep Ellie at the Swedish school she went to last year. She loves her teachers and friends. We also thought it was good for her to have the language as well. She is starting to use more Swedish at school and at home. Over the summer, she didn't want anyone speaking Swedish to her.
Some very exciting news from Sweden is that we had Kelly, a pastor from the states, come for two weeks to study the possibility of planting a church here. After his two weeks of talking to a lot of different people and learning about the area, it looks like we are moving in the right direction to have an English speaking church here in Helsingborg. We don't know all the details yet, but we are really excited.
While Kelly was here, the boys went fishing. The weather was terrible, but they caught fish. It was so nice to eat fresh fish for dinner. Tim did a great job cleaning and preparing them. I don't have a picture of the before, but here is one after he cleaned one of the fish. Josh also caught a big one.
Andrea stopped by and was excited to see all the herring. In Holland they eat them raw. We are sure going to miss her!
This past weekend, Ellen and Henrik were here to visit. We had a fantastic time. They even got to enjoy Tim and Josh's catch. Tim prepared some herring and it was fantastic.
I'll share more about Ellen's visit soon.
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