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Ice is not our friend!! The weather here is crazy!!! We had inside recess for the first time today because they playground was TOO ICY to play on, that's a bit weird.

On a happy note, we've made some new friends who are our age. Matt and Sarah are two missionairies here from the states. They just meet each other here and are friends, working with an older couple here. They are seeing what the need is and hope to start a church. We met them at our church and then invited them over for dinner the next day. :) It was a total God thing. I was just telling Matt at church how I wasn't good at making friends and as I was saying this, he was walking towards them and saying hi. Then next thing I knew I was inviting them to dinner. We are excited to see where these friendships will go and how they will fit into our church or we in their church. We are also excited because are going to help start/lead a worship team at our church. We are going to A.dam on Saturday for a worship conference with some people from our church. Yes, I volunteered to get up early. Ugggg..

School continues to improve and we are all getting excited because Carnaval (equvivalent of Mardi Gras) is coming up the week of the 15th. For Dutch people this means loud music, parties in the streets, and beer. Even better for us....a week off!! We are looking at going to a spa hotel somewhere to really relax for a few days and hope to spend a few days with our good friends Suzanne and Mathew before they become parents for the first time in April.

Have no fear... I did teach my kids about Groundhog's Day today and read a cute book I have. Thanks to my wonderful mother, I also have Valentine's decorations up in my classroom and did find some candy hearts with sayings on them here so we can do a candy heart graph. I also read some books in January on MLK Jr. They're learning :) and me too. I'll write about International Week and the amazingness of it next time.... till then!!!
Grace and Peace.