Random Everyday Happenings

Hello Everyone! :) I haven't had much time to post as we've been very busy this past month plus. But I will get around to posting about everything the Lord's allowed us to lately, Lord willing. For now, here is a bunch of random everyday pictures I thought you all might enjoy. For those of you who don't know we have had a family from our home church in New York with us for the last six weeks. They've been a blessing, help, and encouragement... we've enjoyed having the company a lot. Anyways, they're all the other kids in these pictures that aren't Snyders. 

Making Fruit Salad.

With the amount of fruit salad you need to feed this crew it takes team work to get the job done!

A Evening with Some of the Collage Students

On Monday evenings we hold a Bible Study at the University of Auckland. (You can read my Dad's last update about it on The Snyders in New Zealand.) We've had four students coming regularly and several other have visited over the last couple months. So a few weeks ago we had a few of them down for the evening to have dinner and play some games and have some fun. The pictures didn't come out the best but I thought I'd share a few with you all. 

 Vicky teaching Emm how to use chopsticks!

All of us girls! 

Annie, Mercy, me, Mom, Emmaline, Vicky, and Nicolea

And in the front is Linda, Alicia, Felicity, and Unieqee 

 David, Matthew, Dad, Billy, Ezra, and Malachi (Who was thrilled with his height. lol)

 Annie sharing her cake with David.

They all loved him... as does everyone who meets him! :)

 Being from single child families in China they just love seeing a family and all the little ones.

 Not a very good picture... but we taught them how to play Uno.

 Nicolea and Vicky playing Connect Four.

And then Chinese Checkers of course. They taught us the Chinese rules; but then they wanted to know how Americans do it and play the way we do it.

There's not too much difference... our rules are a bit harder then Chinese rules.

The first few days with the Old Paths group!

Last Saturday a group of six people from our home church arrived!  We have a had a great time over the past few days cooking cleaning, singing, playing, witnessing, and just fellowshipping together! Its been a bigger blessing to us then we can explain! So here's a bunch of pictures from the first three days and I'll be posting more.

 

Emmaline and Elianna making chicken tacos for tea!

 

Hannah chopping the toppings.

 

Singing the songs of Zion together!

Our church on Sunday morning; it was quite full! 

Pastor preaching!

Mrs. Folk and Mrs. Quilty fellowshipping! 

Emm and Hannah practicing chalk art!

Elianna helping Mom out with leading the music at Bible Club!

...listening...

All the kids lined up for game time.

Pastor talking with a bunch of our faithful club kids.

Hannah

Natasha

From left the right, me (Jillian), Elianna, Joesph, and Reese. The kids were SO thrilled with the instruments.

Malachi

A bunch of kids playing games at our house.

Elianna serving Milo! 

The guys all ready to go out letter boxing.

Us girls walking to the area we were going to letter box.

Playing at a park after letter boxing.

lala

:)

Hannah and Unieqee

Joe and Ezra

Hannah and Emmaline

Watching a beautiful sunset together.

And there is our Saturday, Sunday, and Monday in pictures! More coming...

Visitors from the States

For three weeks at the end of September and the beginning of October we had the blessing of having the Clementsons visit us. They are a young couple from the States who are traveling all over the world helping missionaries. They helped out with Bible Club, letter boxing, street preaching, door knocking, and much more. It was a blessing to have them here; we all greatly enjoyed them!

Daddy and Brandon door knocking.

We played all kids of card games in the evenings!

Brandon playing the piano at the rest home.

Shyannah doing dishes!

Brandon frying tortillas.

Brandon teaching Matthew song leading.

Brandon witnessing in Auckland on Friday night.

Making a ten commandments chain with Beverly!

At club working on verses with on of the girls!

Working on verses too!

We played a soccer game while there were here with a bunch of the club kids just for fun one morning!

Them at the market!

This is what they travel with - just two backpackers backpacks!

Bro. Millar came up and picked them up to take them down to Hamilton for awhile now.

Thanks for stopping by. It was great to get to know you both! May the Lord bless you as you continue to serve Him!