New Year New Outlook!

Wow! What a great start to a new year! I hope every one's Christmas and Holiday was amazing and filled with love and joy. We had a great quiet Christmas here. The kiddos got spoiled and loved all the events and activities. This month we had mom and dad Juel here for a while. It was great to see them, and have them love on us. They got to be here for a conference and for Eli's birthday! What great timing! I have started watching a couple girls during the day while their parents go to BSSM and it's so much fun. They are great girls and their parents are amazing. It's been a huge blessing because they let us use their second car, which has helped us out immensely, and they let us do laundry at their house as well. Like I said a great family.
Zayin is doing really well in school. Loving it all the time, and always asking for play dates with new friends. He got to pray over a friend at kids church last weekend, and we found out that when the kids mom called home to see how he was doing he was completely healed and had no symptoms at all. Zayin thought that was really cool. He is really getting into Star Wars and it's fun to see how excited he gets when he learns something new or gets to watch the Clone War movie. It's hysterical.
Zoe is getting bigger and bigger everyday. And we just found out that she gets to attend BCS starting the end of February which thrills me! I was wanting her to go so bad so she could get some of the same experience as Zayin. She is getting rave reviews at kids church, and everyone seems to love her. She is quite the social butterfly.
Eli and I are doing great! Keeping super busy and getting our schedules in sync. We are both going to the gym and actually enjoying it. Eli is getting so much encouragement from people and he is learning more and more. He is super excited about his trip to Israel this March! And if you still want to donate you absolutely can on iBSSM.org. Anything helps. We still have some things we want to accomplish before this year is over. We are also a little tight on money and we know we aren't the only ones. We decided to ask if anyone felt like they wanted to help us out with some excess costs. The two big ones right now are our car insurance, and there is a Love After Marriage class we want to attend so we can get certified in teaching it. That way when we get home we can hold classes or workshops. It was one of our bigger goals. The car insurance is $225 and the LAM class is $350. There are a couple of ways you can donate: you can send a check to our address (please email me for that so it's not out in the open for everyone to see), or you can go to https://www.ibssm.org/a/donate/tuition/find-student and enter Eli's name. We are so humbled by all the support and help we have received an would not be able to do any of this without your love, support, and prayers. Please please keep us in your prayers, we have so much we want to learn and give.
We love and miss you all and hope everyone is doing great! I will try and keep updates coming about the trip and other things. Thanks again!