Monday
Apr162007
Meet Undraa!
Monday, April 16, 2007 at 12:19AM
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In the drudgery of language study, last week I found a high point. In the absence of Baldo, Bernie and I have been working together with Undra. Undra is our new house helper and my language helper. We have started studying a supplemental language book called “The Sunday Book.� This book is designed to help us learn common church vocabulary, including the books of the Bible and simple praise songs.
This past week we were learning the words for “chapter� and “verse.� As we recently learned in class how to ask “What is your favorite…?� we began to ask Undra these questions. She brought out her very well used Bible (especially for a three year old Christian). Bernie told her his favorite verse. She turned quickly to Isaiah 43:1-4 and it was already highlighted in her Bible and is also one of her favorites. When she turned to my favorite, Philippians 3:10 it was highlighted as well. She and Bernie share the favorite chapters of Romans 6-8. It is their favorite book as well. Her second favorite book is Hebrews, which is also my favorite.
I was able to tell her that Hebrews 11:9-10 was the verses God spoke to me as I prepared to leave Tennessee for Mongolia. By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. Undra immediately lit up and was able to tell us that God gave her the same verse when she moved from her home town of Darhan to Ulaanbataar.
Times like this are very much streams in the desert for us. Our family had already grown to love Undra. She is so sweet. She cleans house just like I do (not always a good thing). Our eye for beauty is much the same. Yesterday we made a fruit pizza together. I had her arrange the fruit and “make it pretty� and it looked exactly like I wanted it. But on a deeper level, we are truly appreciating her genuine love for God as she manifests it through her love for His Word and commitment to His Work.
We were pleased to know she feels like part of the family. She especially loves Cori and likes to take her shopping and wants to take her to the movies. She told Bernie that Cori was our young daughter and she is our old daughter. While we are definitely not old enough to have a 23 year old daughter, we are more than thrilled to have her adopted into the Anderson household.
In the drudgery of language study, last week I found a high point. In the absence of Baldo, Bernie and I have been working together with Undra. Undra is our new house helper and my language helper. We have started studying a supplemental language book called “The Sunday Book.� This book is designed to help us learn common church vocabulary, including the books of the Bible and simple praise songs.
This past week we were learning the words for “chapter� and “verse.� As we recently learned in class how to ask “What is your favorite…?� we began to ask Undra these questions. She brought out her very well used Bible (especially for a three year old Christian). Bernie told her his favorite verse. She turned quickly to Isaiah 43:1-4 and it was already highlighted in her Bible and is also one of her favorites. When she turned to my favorite, Philippians 3:10 it was highlighted as well. She and Bernie share the favorite chapters of Romans 6-8. It is their favorite book as well. Her second favorite book is Hebrews, which is also my favorite.
I was able to tell her that Hebrews 11:9-10 was the verses God spoke to me as I prepared to leave Tennessee for Mongolia. By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. Undra immediately lit up and was able to tell us that God gave her the same verse when she moved from her home town of Darhan to Ulaanbataar.
Times like this are very much streams in the desert for us. Our family had already grown to love Undra. She is so sweet. She cleans house just like I do (not always a good thing). Our eye for beauty is much the same. Yesterday we made a fruit pizza together. I had her arrange the fruit and “make it pretty� and it looked exactly like I wanted it. But on a deeper level, we are truly appreciating her genuine love for God as she manifests it through her love for His Word and commitment to His Work.
We were pleased to know she feels like part of the family. She especially loves Cori and likes to take her shopping and wants to take her to the movies. She told Bernie that Cori was our young daughter and she is our old daughter. While we are definitely not old enough to have a 23 year old daughter, we are more than thrilled to have her adopted into the Anderson household.
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