My first trip to a Turkish bath

A great day at Belgrade Forest

We had a great time with great friends at the Belgrade Forest today. It was extremely refreshing getting OUT of the city and enjoying peace, quiet and God’s beautiful creation. Praise the Lord for a fun day!

Catching up on Pictures

Since I end up using my phone so often, I just realized this morning that we had over 80 pictures on our camera that I had yet to upload. Well, here I am catching up. Just click on the links to see pictures of Noah’s birthday, of our time with Brother Jim and Jason, and a few extras of the boys.

As for our little baby girl whom we are adopting from Ethiopia, we continue to get updated pictures of her. She is cute as ever, and we are as excited as ever! Until our court date in a few months, though, we are not allowed to post pictures Online. Sorry! 😦 Please continue to pray for God’s hand on our adoption and for our little girl’s health and development.

Yummy

Brother Jim and Jason trying the famous drink, ayran (salty yogurt milk). No, they didn’t really enjoy it, but they played along well.

Loving this snow!

Where I’m from this is nothing. In Istanbul, though, this is extremely rare. It has been funny to see grown men act like children seeing snow for the first time, throwing snow balls at each other and building snow men. Great times!

Haircut Time

Noah and Levi enjoyed their haircuts today. How great that they cost less than $3 per person! These are the before and after shots.

Saturday Activities

Took Silas to the barber, went to the sea with Noah and Levi, got cold and went to the park.

Happy birthday, Necdet!

More Family Pictures

If you would like to see some more recent pictures, please click here. It has been a busy but fun fall. God continues to bless us in amazing ways, so we are grateful for the ways in which He provides. Thank you to those of you who have been so faithful in praying for us and for the people of Turkey. Please continue to pray especially for those in eastern Turkey who are recovering from the devastating earthquake that struck the Van Province a few weeks ago.

Finally!–Pictures…

Well, I haven’t done a very good job lately posting pictures and updating DrakeCity. I just uploaded several new pictures, though, so if you want to see new ones of the Drake boys, click HERE. You can also view pictures from my trip to Frankfurt, Germany, by clicking HERE. Life has been quite hectic over the past six weeks. Again, we are adjusting to life in the mega city of Istanbul after being in the U.S. for five months. Thank you for praying for us, as God continues to prove His faithfulness in our lives and in our ministry. To HIM be the glory!