A Quick Update

We are all doing well here in New Zealand. We have been busy with school, as usual. And, of course, we're all busy holding Linda just as often as we are allowed to!!! We, the girls, have been enjoying having a big kitchen again to cook in!!! We have been baking like mad since we have been here. We've made Cinamin rolls, Dinner Roll, Biskets (American) Lots of Bread, and Cookies by the ton (of course:). The boys have just finished a bunk bed that they made for themselves, which they had great fun making. They have also been quite busy with their lawn business.

Our ministry is slowly getting started here as we are about settled in now. We have been busy with letter boxing. For those who do not know it is legal for us to put tracts in the letter boxes here (mail boxes in the states). So, we letter box an area and then a few days latter we go back and knock on the door. Two weeks ago, we were down on King Street (the main street in town) and a couple walked up to Mom, after recieving a tract from one of the younger kids, and told her they had read the tract that was put in thier letter box and liked it. They said they had gotten saved in another town under another American missionary, then they had moved here a couple of years ago and had not been able to find, "a church without all that worldly junk," as they worded it. They said they would visit, but we have not seen them yet. Hopefully we will see them soon. Oh, we did have our first visitors at Bible study this week, so that was great. They were some of our next door neighbors that have befriended us so well since we moved in.

Yesterday and today the weather has been warm! It's almost like spring is here, but I know we are headed into winter. For the last few weeks its been raining and cold here. The weather is so odd here and it is taking some getting used to. It will rain for a few minutes and when it does, it really pores. Often when the rain comes in you can here it coming down the road as it comes down so hard and most of the houses have tin roofs. (Praise God we have a clay roof or it would be really loud when it rains.) Then with in minutes it will be gone and the sun will be shinning again. It may not seem like much, but when it does that six to ten times a day, it becomes not so nice. And even worse is when you are trying to dry laundry and every time it starts to rain you have to run out and get the laundry off the line. Though it is beautiful after it rains, as there is often a rainbow! And in the evening there is often a bueatiful sun set!

The beautiful sunset from our front porch last night.

94 cinnimon rolls and 30 dinner rolls

Yummy Yummy!!!

Ok, I (Jillian) guess this was not as quick an update as I entended, Oh well.

Preachers

What does a missionary use for a podium just after arriving on the field?  Look at the pictures of Dad and the boys preaching since we have been here.  Then take your best guess at what we are using for a lecturn?  Please let us know your guess by comments.

Smile Alicia Ann!!!

Alicia is over two and a half now and she is so cute, and boy does she know it, if you ask her who's the cutest person in the house she says "me". Though she does give her sister a little credit, when you ask her who the ham is she says "alicity" ( Felicity).  She is getting so big so fast. And she is a jaberwalky. 

The other day she had her hair up in pigtails and she looked so cute. I (Jillian) wanted a picture of her and she let me take a picture of her, but it had to be on her terms!!! I asked her to get on the chair and look over the back of it but that was not quite her idea. She would stay there till I started to take the picture, then she would move.

First I caught her on her way down.

Then on the way down agian but just a little sooner.

On her way down again and now with her hands flying too. 

(She was enjoying playing this game.)

Next she desided through the hole would look good (I love that face!).

Then on the other side of the chair she decided.

She wanted the next picture through all the back slats, but I explained that you would not be able to see her face if see looked through them. So she got up but of coures she was on her way right back down.

I asked her to smile but this is what she did. 

She seamed to be saying, do you realy want a picture of me?

Again with that face.Thats so much our funny Alicia!!!

I told her we could be done if she smiled and I ended up with the best picture ever!

She is so much fun and loves to play games like this with us. I can't believe she is so big. The whole time I was bantering with her about what to do. She can carry on a coversation so well. I do not remeber the other ones at this age carrying on a conversation so well. She is SO much fun and we all love her tons.

The Snyder Kids

Here is a picture of all of us kids.

Jillian Kay in a small park in Pukekohe.

Emmaline Elise in Wendys in Washington D. C.

Matthew Elijah in the shed in our yard.

Ezra Mark on his bike in front of shed in our yard.

Nicolea Mea doing school on the trundle matress under the bed.

Mercy Irene on her bed.

Malachi John in living room by the kitchen enterence.

Felicity Patience in the sleepout.

Alicia Ann on a chair at the dining table in sleepout.

Linda Marie on her quilt our neighbor made for her.

There ya have it, all those crazy Snyder kids for you!!!

Jillian Kay

Dad opens the door?????????????

I am not sure this is the smartest thing I have ever done, but I (Dad) am going to allow these oldest daughters of mine to do a family blogggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg! I may live to regret this but alas these girls out number me..................................................

Please stay tuned for the Jillian and Emmaline blog show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dad 9:40pm New Zealand