Our beautiful Daughter,

 Hailey Grace was born 

August 20, 2016

weighing 6lbs 13 oz. 

she is loved and adored by all. 

Let us come before him with thanksgiving 

and extol him with music and song.

~Psalms 95:2 

“Many are the plans in a man’s heart,

 but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.”

– Proverbs 19:21

This Bible verse has become very real to me the last few months,

As some of you may already know, we are leaving Cambodia to head back to Canada. 

not at all what we thought was our future at  this point of our lives. But God has made it clear to us that it would be best to go home to have the baby this summer.  We did not feel comfortable with the healthcare system here in Asia, due to the fact of previous complications with our other pregnancies.

God does have a plan and purpose  for everything and we want to trust and follow his leading in our lives.  

We are excited to see family and friends back in Canada. But know we will feel sad to be leaving Cambodia and our dear Khmer friends. Not knowing if God will call us back to Cambodia in the future after the baby is born. 

Yes they are very excited and we feel so blessed! 

Please continue to pray for us as we pack and say goodbyes over the next week.Our flight leaves Cambodia at 12:15 am on March 15. We are to arrive in Canada 1:40 pm  on March 15. It looks like a short flight, but believe me its not! :)  There is a 14 hour time difference, from Cambodia to where we are going in Canada.

Until next time...... the Whitman family. 

Happy New Year.

                                                     

  I struggle with where to start on here. Sorry its been so long and yes a lot has happened. A trip to Thailand,  My parents and sister coming, Christmas, and now a totally fresh new Year.

I will post a few highlights. My Family came the beginning of December, bearing loads of amazing goodies, Including HAM! it was such a special treat to eat for Christmas.

We took went to Kep for a few days before Christmas.  

Was a fun and relaxing time.

Making sand angels since they can't make snow angels

                                             Reading the menu, 3 hungry people!

                                               Enjoying a relaxing boat ride. We also saw dolphins.

These children we on a island we visited they were starving for love and followed us everywhere.
We wished so badly we had brought them Bible stories.

                                                        A small fishing island.

Family...

Christmas day was a fun day with eating Western style food, Ham (that my Mom brought over) Yummy mashed potatoes, carrots, salad, jello, dinner rolls and fruit.And chocolate cake for dessert.

needless to say we were stuffed to the top.

                                          All the children in our neighborhood love this game.

                                                     the Children eating dinner.

We also played games and visited. 

Excited to open the gifts. 

Our family Christmas day 2015.

Happy new year 2016.

May your year be filled with Blessings from above.  

The Whitman Family in Cambodia......

Coming soon....

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                                              Unless the world ends before I finish it....
             
                                             
                         

Hong Kong October 2015.

*****WARNING LOTS OF PHOTOS*****

                                                          Vacation to Hong Kong.

                       This past month we took and amazing and much needed Vacation...... to Hong Kong.
 It was nothing short of something that only God can work out! Every single detail had Gods hand working in it.
Back in June we were given a sum of money to use for the children, previously when we have been given a gift like that we use it for living expenses.  John and I talked about it and decide to pray for direction on how to use the money for something extra special for both children. About a month later after praying about it, a friend told us about some very cheap flights to Hong Kong. We both felt immediately that God could bless this as a good way to use the money. So we purchased the tickets and started to look for a reasonable priced motel to stay at. And we started to feel very discouraged with what we were finding. And again we prayed for Gods direction on what to do. We contacted an place that seems very reasonable and started to pursue booking the place to stay, in the mean while our "Canadian" friends whom we were going to see in Hong Kong told us that their organization had just rented another apartment right next door to their home, and we could stay there for a small fee.   See I told you that Gods hand was in this from the very beginning.  First of all for a gift of money we were given was and amazing act of God.  Also while we were in Hong Kong our friends had a contact of someone who worked at Disneyland and we were given free passes to spend the day at Disneyland. Definitely a huge highlight for the children.

Hiking in the hills.

Enjoying the free range to RUN! 

The Beautiful city of Hong Kong.

We LOVED all the clean,
green parks to walk through.

Another photo of HK.

Me with my 2 babies! I thank God for Blessing us
with such Awesome Children!

Wearing Mom and Dads sunglasses. 

My little Princess.

My sweet little boy, all hot and sweaty.

                           

Beautiful garden in the park. 

We enjoyed every moment of our time here.

We visited a bird conservatory that has some unique birds. 

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                               Eating at McDonald's  and Subway was a huge highlight as well.
                             

Subway was this little guys most favorite place
 to eat before we moved to Cambodia.

Over 16 months of not eating McDonalds, (I still didn't miss it.)
 But the kids sure enjoyed it.

                             

Riding the subway train. 

                 Now  Some pictures from our time at Disneyland. 

   

All ready to spend  nearly 12 hours at Disneyland. 

My little fairy with Tinkerbell. 

Elsa and Anna. From Frozen. 

Mr. B and Woody the Sheriff from Toy story. 

We rode the Cinderella Carousel  many, many times!!

The end of Disneyland. 

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A highlight for me was seeing these

   3 beautiful Canadian faces for an hour. 

          It was another amazing work of God on our Vacation.

(For those that don't know we come from the same church in Canada.)

The Children LOVE camping.
so having a fire pit to roast hot dogs by
 was another highlight for all of us.

This amazing Family knows how to treat their guests.
We had a splendid time with them and  meeting their sweet
little girl for the first time.

Looking back over this month, I have seen God working in many different ways.  He is faithful In providing just what we need at the right time. And our Vacation time was perfect timing.  The last few months have not been easy for us, But we do know God is in control and he will never leave us of forsake us. 

                             I will leave you with, Something that has encouraged me.

  God never sends you into a situation alone.

God goes before you. 

He stands beside you.

He walks behind you.

What ever situation you have right now,

Be confident! 

God is with you!

New School Year 15/16. Part #3 August 2015

                          We started the school year 2015-2016 on August 17 2015.
 The Children were very excited to start, and have been loving school everyday since they began. Their Teacher Rachel has made it fun and exciting for them to learn.  JC is in First grade and BMW is in Kindergarten.

Our Princess all excited to begin the new school year!

My sweet Baby boy all ready to learn.

Playing a matching the big letter with the small letter memory game.

Cardboard box fun houses.


Our  Life has been changing a lot the last while.  But then change is good, change keeps us out of ruts. God has not allowed us to sit back and get comfy. And I want to embrace life as God allows the changes.  And not use every excuse I can find to "not do it".  Please pray for us as we allow God to guide and direct us. And as we balance life, ministry, family, and relationships.
I know God will be faithful, I just need to continue trusting in Him.

    “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways,”

 declares the Lord.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:8,9