Robertson Tribe Updates

I’m undecided.  Should I try to catch everyone up on what has happened in the past month, fast forward to now and just forget it all, or post a bullet type update so we’re all current?  Decisions, decisions. I’m leaning toward bullet type updates, because, well, I love lists.  I’m so good at that format.  Why mess with a good thing?  (BAH…I typed “thong” by accident in that last sentence…hahahahahahahaha)

• I went to Singapore with my best HKG buddy (HI BETH!!!) and had an absolutely fantastic time.  I have to give the trip its own post at some point, because there is so much to share. 
• Jonathan has been traveling lot.  I’m not especially happy about that.
• Bekah and David being at school has been a bigger blessing than I ever imagined. 
• Life seems more manageable now. 
• Being the only child at home being formally homeschooled has rocked for Rachel academically. 
• However, Rachel is incredibly lonely now.  All her friends have moved away, and her siblings are away all day.  Please pray for a friend for her.
• Our new senior pastor arrives in November, bringing some changes, requiring even more flexibility.  I really hate being flexible, although I am so very, very good at it since moving here. 
• My friend Beth is in Russia, adding to her family via adoption, and I miss her terribly but am so thrilled for her!!  I really need more friends.  Oh!  Speaking of that… 
• We’ve made some new friends, Nell -5 and Matilda-9  (Tilly) from Australia.  They are the same age as David and Rachel and their mom, Jane,  is quite fun as well. We’ve got some fun outings planned as we help them get used to HKG.  They’ve only been here for a two months. 
• It’s fall now.  This is the absolute HARDEST time to be away from Maine!  Fall is why all of us crazy people even live in Maine.  All the snow, slush, mud and freezing temps are forgotten and forgiven as you pull out sweaters, pick apples, bake up a storm…sniff, sniff.  I am so homesick!!!!!
• I’ve started a new bible study with BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) called, “The Life of Moses”. Rachel attends the children’s class at the same time and it’s been a nice one on one time as it takes an hour via public transport to get there.
• Rachel and Bekah are ice skating once a week and loving it! 
• We had a family from out church come to dinner and found out she is from New Hampshire, near Concord. Cool, or what?! 
• Hubby’s boss (the big guy..the owner of the company) is coming to Asia at the end of October.  I’m a bit nervous about the visit, although he is a nice guy.  He’s coming to check things out, go up into China, help make decisions, and get a feel for what is happening and how things are going.  Once he’s done here, they’ll head back to the state, so Jonathan will be gone for some of October and much November.  Ahhh, it’s all sounding so familiar.
• It’s starting to cool off here.  That means we’re in the 80’s now. Lovely. 
• They are renovating the apartment building next door to us.  I mean that literally.  Right.next.door. and only a small alley separates us.  Anyway, they are resurfacing the entire building which means the removal of the rectangular tiles.  By jackhammer.  From 9 until 7 every evening.  The sounds echo off the surrounding buildings, making even more noise.  It will drive you absolutely nuts.  We do lots of school shut in my bedroom, sprawled on my bed, where it is the quietest.
• Is anyone still with me?

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