Steve and Jenny Valentine

MARCH was still a bit cold and we walked on our frozen lake, got a weekend away to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary (our first time to Gdańsk), our first couples massage together, the beginning meetings for a new church start here, times with friends, Easter celebrations, and a positive pregnancy test (more on that later!). APRIL was still fairly cold, we cuddled, told the kids they were going to have another baby brother or sister (and got some interesting "pregnancy" snacks from our neighbor), Steve trip with our boss, bowling with the kids (and some friends) for the first time, and a family trip to Szczecin to work with some ministry partners. MAY we went on a retreat with the new church plant group with are working with and kids enjoyed a lot of time outdoors, enjoyed a visit with a missionary friend of ours who came to town, dance parties, seeing baby #4 on ultrasound, figuring out medical stuff for Jenny's pregnancy, outdoor ga...

We went over our pictures from the past eight months and as promised, here is a recap of what life has looked like for us...of course this will not be exhaustive, there's really no way to encapsulate eight months worth of moments in one (or more) short blog post. Enjoy! NOVEMBER was filled with pie making, commemorating Poland's independence, Silly moments with kiddos, new home workout program since our gym closed down and cold outside runs for Steve, Steve buying a new suit for a wedding he officiated (in December), a combined city-wide Evangelical service, creating our thankful tree for the month, welcoming friends from America (and Budapest) to celebrate Thanksgiving together with us (and trying to find a turkey to bake!), holiday markets in old town, our side street being paved and cute cafe visits. DECEMBER brought our first snowfall of Winter, putting up holiday decorations, playing "astronaut" in the living room, holiday light up in the square, receiv...

How do you come back from an eight month blogging hiatus? We know keeping our blog up to date allows us a convenient way to let our friends and family back in the States know how things are going here (about the things we experience, etc.)...however, we have found that posting about it, just takes a backseat to actually living those experiences. (Plus, if you're one of our Ministry Partners, you probably receive our regular updates via email or FB. If you don't receive those updates, please don't hesitate to message us and we will be happy to add you to that group of people we send updates to). We do want to write more on the blog, so hopefully we will make more regular visits and posts here, so... STAY TUNED! Next post will be full of pictures recapping our last eight months! Grace to you, Steve and Jenny