http://gretmasters.wordpress.com What I've Learned Along the Way Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:21:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to the couple who's house we are staying in Norah has all kinds of new toys.  One in particular that Norah loves, is this little pink cup.  She picked it up and instinctively drank from it holding it by the handle.  I can't give her too much water or she'll ... http://gretmasters.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/new-toys/ We have been here in North Africa for 4 weeks with 3 weeks left. Our purpose here is to host 9 interns as they teach English, make contacts and learn what it is like to be on the mission field.  I was scared to death to do this, mainly because ... http://gretmasters.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/where-in-the-world/ In May Norah and I made a trip up to New England and Ohio.  Norah just loved seeing all of her cousins, it didn't matter if they paid attention to her or not, as long as they were in the same room as she was she was thrilled.  Here are ... http://gretmasters.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/visiting-cousins/ ok, so she has two teeth now, and she is eight months, i wanted to put this out with a picture, and all of you super organized moms who get all your pictures off the camera the same day are probably thinking, how ridiculous!  ( I just know there aren't that ... http://gretmasters.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/first-tooth/ Norah must just be the sweetest one in the house; She has mosquito bites head to toe.  (Literally)  We thought maybe it could be chicken pox.  This would be nice to get out of the way.  But pretty sure they aren't.  They seemed to go from a few bites to "oh ... http://gretmasters.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/so-sweet/ I haven't written any thing for months now, due to different reasons.  My computer stopped working and then we started traveling.  Not planning to come to North Africa this summer I informed Norah's grandparents they would be seeing her while Tyler was in North Africa.  Our plans changed, now I am in North ... http://gretmasters.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/traveling-the-world-with-a-baby/ At least that is what we are trying to get Norah to realize.  The physical purpose of a parent is to raise their child to become more and more independent, and it starts early.  I'm discovering this is the hard part of parenting.   We are trying to get Norah to ... http://gretmasters.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/blessed-sleep/ I was just reminded recently how much the Lord cares for me, and little things like my poor spanish.  He just put a couple in our house, now I was very leery to say the least about someone living here.  But through some struggling the Lord changed my attitude and ... http://gretmasters.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/unexpected-blessings/ This is quite a story, i will try to get to the point.  A baby girl was born here in Peru, when they opened up her mom for a C-section, they found Cancer, so bad, that her mom couldn't take care of her.  As it was she already had 3 ... http://gretmasters.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/prayer/ Just recently Norah has been so doing so well, I have to say I am almost bored at times.  Which being a missionary wife this should not be.  I go back and forth between, I'm doing the right thing by taking care of my family and home, and I should ... http://gretmasters.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/ministry/