Women's Beach and more...

Sunday we went to the Women's beach. We headed out pretty early because there are so many people that go, we wanted to be able to get chairs. We got to the beach about 9:00 am and it was already packed. The kids had a great time, but got tired pretty quickly. It was so crowded I really had to keep my eyes on the kids between the pools and ocean. Ella LOVED the dancing with all the girls. I had one sweet interaction with a few girls that adored Ella. They only spoke arabic and finally told Mary that she needed to just teach me arabic so we could talk with out a translator. We had gone back and forth about bringing Ella to Lebanon, but we have seen her open doors that no one could.

The kids are definitely getting a little tired from our busy pace we are keeping here. They have been amazing troupers! We have been getting to our room around 10-11pm each night and they seem to wake up with the sun around 5:45-6am. Yesterday naps lasted 3 hours and we had to wake everyone up!!! Haynes little legs are pretty worn out from walking so much, so he and Ella usually battle it out for the stroller. We are super thankful for Cathleen being our neighbor...Ella has a little fluid in her ear and we are believing it will be gone before our flight on Sunday! As rough as it might sound they are doing AWESOME!

One of my most favorite things on this trip has been our fun time with the LeBeau's. We live across the hall from each other so they have got to join us for the good, the bad, and the ugly. After bedtime we get to have hangout time where I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. We are trying to convince them to be our real neighbors in Norman:-) Another favorite is this morning I got to have a 2 hour breakfast with all the long-term "mommies." It was so fun talking babies, schedules, evangelism, marriage, etc. Oh man it was AWESOME!

Last night we went back to the Corniche and Brian met with some guys again. The kids played and handed out bubbles. I got to pray for a woman from Iraq that is here seeing a doctor because she is struggling having a baby. It was super sweet releasing testimony and praying over her, we can't wait to celebrate when she gets pregnant.