Clarks: Random News

Here's what's on our minds today:

First of all -- if you haven't heard -- the latest ultrasound seems to indicate that the baby is a girl. The tech-lady seemed fairly confident, actually. You might know, however, that these things are not always 100% certain. We're considering a 3D ultrasound -- we'll have to go to a different hospital that has the equipment -- hoping that we might get a really clean image and know for sure.

The umbilical cord is no longer wrapped around the baby's [her?] neck; the heartbeat is strong; everything looks good. Cecely's health is good, too. The placenta is not quite where we'd want it, indicating a possible c-section delivery, but there's still lots of time, and either method is fine so long as the baby arrives safely.

Once again, I should mention how well Sunday is going: more visitors each week, good time together, good study, good questions...

On the other hand, the regulars/members are still not living up to what I'd like to see -- i.e., no husbands, kids are there only irregularly, none of their friends are being invited... Everyone's faith is growing, as far as we know, but we want to see the locals taking more responsibility for the work, in terms of... well, like I just mentioned -- bringing people and stuff like that.

It's raining a lot. Yesterday there was a Tennessee-sized storm: greenish-black sky at midday, strong winds, pounding lightning & thunder, and torrential rains. Today it's just steady drops and grey skies.

That's about it. Things are fine overall. The work is progressing. We are moderately homesick. We're excited about the baby.

Final note: We'll try to get a pregnancy profile photo posted ASAP. Stay tuned!