Selamat Hari Merdeka

August 31st is Malaysia's Independence day so we are celebrating it with a 3-day weekend. Actually we aren't really celebrating much (we're leaving that up to the locals), but are just trying to stay home to avoid the crowds! However, since it was on a Sunday this year, we did get out to church and had lunch afterwards, and I was surprised at how "little" traffic there was returning home. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it might be! Tomorrow is also a public holiday...I guess since the 31st was on a Sunday, they needed to have one working day off! This holiday is one of the few that we, as a school, are required by the Malaysian government to take off, so hence the 3-day weekend for us. We have been enjoying it for sure.

It was kind of a quiet week overall other than KD was sick and stayed home on Friday...after KR had been sick on Monday. So far three of the five kids have been sick the past couple of weeks...I just hope the other two manage to stay healthy. We also have an extra kid for a few days since the senior class took their sneak this weekend and we are keeping one of our friend's boys. He's a great kid and it really doesn't add much to the work load to have him here. We are just very happy to help them out (they helped us out last year when we went on sneak with our seniors) and we hope they are having a fabulous time bonding and such :-)

Earlier in the week Greg and I had the pleasure of visiting with a former student (one that was in our sponsor class of 2004). She has been working with YWAM for the past three years in England and was in this area of the world on one of the outreaches they do. Her parents (who have been living back in Canada) are currently here for a six month period with the same organization. So she stopped in to spend some time with them and dropped by the school to see us. We ended up being able to have supper with her a couple of nights before she left and got a picture. We had a very nice visit and it was fun to catch up with what's been happening in her life these past four years. We all look kind of scruffy in the photo, but guess that is pretty normal at the end of a long day!

My nephew, Reece, also had his first birthday this past week. My sister said they celebrated on the weekend before with cake and presents. I just had to share this picture of him she sent that I thought was SO cute.
Can't think of much else to talk about so will end this for now. Hope everyone is having a great Labor Day weekend!!