Talking a Lot

Earlier today at Costco we were eating pizza at the outdoor area when we Jadon, as usual, started talking to the people sitting nearby, a couple with a baby in her infant carseat. They were quite friendly & commented how "charismatic" & "sociable" he was, & how those characteristics would help him in his life. He resonded, "You know what? My Mommy & Daddy say that I talk a lot." Needless to say, all of us laughed out loud together."

learning Chinese with Uncle Rich

Generally we've been quite amiss at teaching Jadon Chinese, but yesterday he spent a good amount of time learning to count in Chinese all the way to 100+ with Uncle Rich while they were throwing the ball back & forth. Tonight we went to 120 before going to bed, & it's wonderful to see on Jadon's face the "wheels turning" in his head as he's counting.

Wireless Message

After church last night at Mariners where we learned about praying, fasting, & serving for Lent, we were talking in the car about sharing God's word with people (which Jadon did in a letter to Landrex our Compassion child -- Psalm 136:1 & John 15:12 as he recited them again in the car). We wanted Jadon to understand that God intends for us to share the gifts God gives us, to which he responded, 'Yeah, when you share God's word you get more grace.' ...our little pastor!