becoming human...

To do for yourself the best that you have it in you to do-- to grit your teeth and clench your fists in order to survive the world at its harshest and worst--is by that very act, to be unable to let something be done for you and in you that is more wonderful still. The trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed secures your life also against being opened up and transformed by the holy power that life itself comes from. You can even prevail on your own. But you cannot become human on your own.

... Frederick Buechner (b. 1926), The Sacred Journey, San
Fransisco: Harper & Row, 1982, p. 46

Yvelle has a cousin! :)

Saruul and Ganaa's daughter, Enkh-Khailuun, was born about 2 weeks ago. What a cutie! I'll try and post a picture of her soon.

Yaasan muuhai huuhit ve! ;)

We're all doing well, though there are never enough hours in the day, it seems, to do all we need to do...

But God is good and life is beautiful.

Love to you all!

all better

well, i thought i'd better give an update... after about 4 or 5 days of fever and a couple days of a rash all over her face, arms and torso (poor baby!), yvelle is back to her perky self! :) and we're all happy with her.

today a big box arrived... i think it's the christmas present from my mom that we'll let her open for her birthday and play with a bit, till we pack it up and save it for christmas. (it's a Fisher Price nativity set--yay!)

looking forward to the big birthday in a couple weeks--the 19th. Hard to believe she'll be one! (Hard to believe that Enkhbeleg would be 2 and a half, too!)

It's HOT here in Virginia Beach but I'm oh so glad for the sunshine.

Take care!

4 days and counting

yvelle started having a fever on sunday. :/ poor kid. she's doing fine, but we're still needing to give her Tylenol to keep the fever down. the doctor said it's just a virus and, in time, she'll be all better.

just thought i'd let ya know...

thanks for keeping in touch!
love,
skye

video archive

this is from a while ago, but... that's ok! :)

(another one was too long to post...)

Seriously... ;)

picnic last weekend... :)

Music! :)

Sunday Morning

This morning Yvelle's little cold seemed a bit worse, and we decided it wasn't a good morning to take her out into the cold and into the crowds. (By the way, it's our friend Tim holding Yvelle--Javkhaa's the other guy in the pic.) ;)

I listened to my pastor's sermon from last week (at Tenth Church in Philly) and it was SO ENCOURAGING.

If you want to listen, click here:
learning to accept the 'crooked' things in life... why?...
(the link is spelled out below)

I guess there are different ways of responding to difficult things in life--and it's not that we can't pray and ask God to change things!--but it's also about TRUSTING Him in the times and situations that are painful, overwhelming, confusing... and having faith there is an overarching plan that is good, and that God is present with us and can sustain us through the trials.


http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=11909111107