Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Naomi turned 5 Years Old!

Thanks to Wishland who provides us with four 2-day park hopper tickets to Disneyland.

On Nov. 7 Naomi turned 5 Years Old! PRAISE BE TO THE GOD OF HEAVEN that she is still here and as fun-loving and playful as ever. About 3 months ago, Naomi’s social worker told me about Wishland. We put in our request and it was granted. Thank God for them because we could not have afforded to have such a wonderful celebration for Naomi's birthday without financial help.

Everything worked out perfectly! Jermaine's brother, Ronnie, happened to be in LA for work, so we stayed in his apartment, which was less than 3 blocks from Venice Beach! Conveniently, there were school holidays for both kids November 7th, 8th and 9th! So we saved money on accommodations AND the kids didn't miss any school! God is good!

We had 2 funs days at Disneyland. Naomi was treated like a princess by the Disney Cast Members. We spend our last day at the beach where the Sun came out just for us.




















































We left LA on Friday afternoon to make it home in time for Jeremiah’s last football game. The Panthers unfortunately lost to the Raiders after our first playoff game. Football had kept us all very busy this season with Jeremiah being the first string lineman and Jermaine being the Teams Head Coach. Even though we’re sad that our team didn’t make it further into the playoffs, we’re happy to have an early break before the holidays.





Thank you for your continued prayers!

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Hula Solidarity!

Naomi (center front, with purple sleeves) had to wear a mask to Hula Class this past weekend. She’s never complained of wearing her mask in the past but since she’s been doing so well for so long (she has not worn the mask since September), she'd grown accustomed to not needing it. She was completely embarrassed about the mask and cried, completely unwilling to dance wearing the mask. I had given up trying to convince her to dance, and was about to leave the school when several of her classmates offered to also wear a mask also to make Naomi more comfortable. Once Naomi saw that she would not be the only student in a mask, she decided to dance and had a great class. I was brought to tears the kindness of ladies of this school.