Angela's shower and Plano International Festival

Robert H. invited us to attend the World Bible Institution benefit dinner honoring George and Ela Beth Bailey last Thursday. But we decided to pass it this time. It’s too hard to sit for hours after a whole day’s work. I need to put my feet up to relief the swelling. One day I was walking, a lady behind me walked by. She stopped and told me:” Your feet are really swelling. You should go home and put your feet up! … Oh, you are pregnant!” She was very kind to tell me that. I did what she suggested right away. And I should remind myself to do that regularly during the last several weeks. It's already too late for me to take off the wedding ring. We tried but didn't succeed. Guess we'll have to see what happens. David has taken on so many household chores. Friday night he cooked the delicious vegetable pancakes and the vegetable lasagna. I loved both dishes!









Saturday morning I went to Angela’s baby shower. It was very nice. Dawn made a diaper cake as the center piece. I got to talk to several people that I hadn’t seen for a while. Angela got a tote and a baby’s outfit monogrammed with Ethan’s name. They were so cute! Angela’s birthday is next Tuesday. Several of us brought her birthday gifts too. Her mom said they were going to celebrate her birthday Saturday night. Happy Birthday Angela!

David went to the Plano International Festival. He worked there from 9:15am to 5:15pm. It was a long day. Obviously he was tanned. Paul, Bob, and George came to the booth for a while. They handed out about 50 business cards and 15 people signed up for Friendspeak. George asked us to pray for him as he was going to announce the new pulpit minister/preacher in Prestoncrest. (And he was the special guest that George brought to the LST dinner last Saturday. He had been the secret guest at Prestoncrest for the past two Sundays ...) David and I really didn't expect church to announce it so soon!










Sunday morning we went to McDermott again. We talked to the community outreach minister Paul about Friendspeak. Many people who were interested in Friendspeak said that Prestoncrest was too far. So we were exploring the possibility to start Friendspeak at McDermott. Paul seemed to be very interested. We’ll talk more with him next week.

David wanted to attend the Chinese class in his spare time. We visited two Chinese schools Sunday afternoon. Most students there were kids. We wished there were some adults in those classes. But very few adults are as motivated as David to learn Chinese. I am so proud of David. He is very disciplined: everyday in the morning, the first thing is to read Bible and in the evening, the last thing is to study Chinese. Little by little he is making progress in Chinese each day.

Monday we got our baby home-coming dress! It was so precious! It’s a Sarah Louise Pale Pink Smocked Bubble with Matching Bonnet (The picture of the smocked bubble is darker than the real color. The real color is the color of the bonnet in the picture). We can’t wait to put them on Emily to welcome her home!