This Croatia thing has got me all in a tizzy. On Sunday, a rather last minute very short term mission trip was announced. Bob Hitching, a missionary supported by our church who works with the Roma Gypsies, could use help distributing Operation Christmas Child boxes in Croatia. The trip will be for one week, from December 26th to January 2nd.
I’ve wanted to go on a short term mission trip for a long time, but it’s never worked out. Something has always happened to prevent it. One time I was all set to go somewhere (don’t know if I can say where because missionaries aren’t supposed to be allowed), but my back injury was pretty bad at the time and my doctor told me I shouldn’t go. A couple of other possibilites have come up when I was pregnant or nursing and couldn’t get necessary immunizations. This time, it looks like even if we conceived before the trip, the necessary injections are either pregnancy safe or have pregnancy safe alternatives. Joel already requested that time off, so we wouldn’t have trouble with that. I was thinking both of us could look into going, but Joel thinks maybe it’s my turn to go by myself. Maybe I’ll go into his reasoning more later… anyway, we can’t wait too long to make a decision because we’ll need to send out support letters if I’m going to go and I’ll need to start being vaccinated.
On another note, Alexis had her three year doctor visit today. She’s in the 90th percentile for height and 50th for weight – tall and thin. 🙂 I think she may actually be tall enough to use the booster seat in the car now, so we’ll pull it in one of these days to see if her shoulders match up with the holes where the seatbelt would come through. (Right now the booster seat is sitting loose in the back of the van.)
Oh, and it looks like at least Branwen may get a flu shot after all. 🙂 Their pediatrician was told he’d receive a shipment of 100 shots in the next week or so. Both of the girls are on the list, but they’re not sure if they’ll get any of the adult dosage (which is given to everyone three years and older). If they do, Alexis will get one. If not, Branwen will at least get one. They won’t be able to get two each (which is apparently how it’s recommended for the first time they get them), but even one is supposed to be some protection.
Alexis and Branwen enjoyed the Hallelujah party last night. I’ll post a picture of them when I get my film developed. I didn’t end up going because Mark and Cindy (the couple who just had the c-section a few days ago) needed some company as they waited for some test results on the baby. He was having some overly quick respirations at least one of the times they checked him, but they checked him a few more times and proclaimed him just fine. Anyway, Joel said Alexis had a great time at the party. She was especially thrilled with a large clown who let her squeak his nose. 🙂
Well, I should go. Branwen sounds like she’s thinking about waking up and I have at least one phone call to make.