December 2, 2008
Posted by Jennifer Beil on Sunday, June 6, 2010
Week in Review
December 2, 2008
Thanksgiving:
We had our annual thanksgiving feast this year at Lawrence Williams house. The food was delicious and the fellowship was grand.
Omar Lewis was in charge of games and he did a great job organizing lots of fun activities. Here is a brief review of everything we played. First, we had an egg toss. Brett and I tied for first with Lindsey and Charles Osgood.
Next, we had a sack race. The girls went about 20 yards then turned around to tag their spouses who would hop 20 yards and back for the finish. This was my first sack race ever so I did not do so well. Brett was so supportive of my failure because he is not competitive at all (please note the sarcasm). He came back for us but the gap was too large so I don’t even know what place we came in.
Next, we played a relay race, which included running and spinning around a baseball bat.
After that we played several games of volleyball, which ended our outdoor activities. We came back inside for dessert and board games.
We really had a great time. I am so thankful for our team. I cannot imagine how it would be around the holiday season without other Americans there to support you. We got to talk and see both of our families over the internet in the evening. I must admit that I did get a little homesick. This is one area Brett really is super supportive to me in. I am really thankful for how he treats me. It is just something about seeing my family all together with out me there that makes me feel a little bit sad. My dad having no clue I was feeling sad wrote me an encouraging email that read, “It may feel uncomfortable living away from your family for the Holidays, but you have SO much to be thankful for. God will bless you abundantly as you are PERFECTLY CONTENT in His will. That is the goal (James 1:2-4). You are not missing anything in the middle of God’s will. You are GETTING EVERYTHING. Rejoice in the LORD and have the best THANKSGIVING ever with your family, church and ministry. “ Amen and Amen
The Zoo
Brett had off work on Friday so we took Jackson and Judson to the zoo. It was fun of course. Jackson loves the zoo. The only negative to the experience was when Jackson woke up the next two nights screaming "Monkey, Monkey's in my bed." I am afraid he received his fear genes from his mom! As I am writing this Judson is crying and Jackson just told him, "don't cry baby their are no monkey's." Hahaha
Saturday Soul Winning:
Since we had such a busy week with thanksgiving that we ended up visiting our class members on Saturday. I got a chance to witness to a lady named Monica. She gladly accepted the gospel and got saved. Amen and Amen. She was hesitant to take a picture with me because she said it was “bad luck” to take picture when you are expecting. I assured her my camera would not harm the baby so she agreed. Brett also led a woman to the Lord as we were visiting our class members.
Sunday School
We had about 25 adults attend our Sunday School class this week. I did remember to bring my camera, but the batteries went dead after the first shot which I took before class even started. At least you can get the general idea of the layout. We are located in the balcony of the church.
This week we played “The Newlywed Game” with 3 couples. I thought you would enjoy reading their answers.
Question 1
How many siblings does your husband have?
Wife 1 Wife 2 Wife 3
7 10 4
Husband 1 Husband 2 Husband 3
6 9 4
Question 2
What do you call your husband for a nickname?
Wife 1 Wife 2 Wife 3
My Lord My Brother Pastor
Husband 1 Husband 2 Husband 3
My Lord My Brother Pastor
Question 3
How old is your wife?
Wife 1 Wife 2 Wife 3
20 40 32
Husband 1 Husband 2 Husband 3
31 41 32
Question 4
What is your wife’s favorite drink?
Wife 1 Wife 2 Wife 3
Coke Coke Tea
Husband 1 Husband 2 Husband 3
Coke Coke Tea
So I guess you can see the Ghanaian marriage relationship is a little different then ours.
Jenn’s Birthday Bash:
Thank you to everyone for your Birthday wishes =) I had an awesome birthday yesterday. We found this Lebanese Club that has a tennis court on it so we invited the Lewis, Osgood, and Smith family to play with us. We had a lot of fun.
We then had a little party with the team at our house. We played the “Newlywed Game”. The Lewis family won. We then played “Couch” or “The Name Game”. The boys won 2 times.Last we played "how well do you know Jennifer." Rachel Smith won!
I think the highlight of my day is when I received an email from my sisters, BIL and mom singing happy birthday to me in their own “special” way. All in all I had a fabulous birthday.