Friday, October 22, 2010

Under Duress

Hello Folks,



I am writing this update under duress. I say this because Alex just grabbed me and said, "Here, write. 'Everyone' wants you to update the Blog." I said, "Everyone? What does that mean?" She said, "You know, people".


So... because I want to honor Alex and "Everyone", I will give an update...


About 2 months ago several of the kids and I came back to the States after being separated from Janice, Alex, Payton, Keturah, and Hudson for almost 2 months. What a great reunion!

About 6 weeks ago we moved into a great 5 bedroom home that was essentially given to us for our entire stay while we are here in the States. The home came fully furnished with a pantry full of food plus everything else we needed. Thanks to our Brothers and Sisters at Hope Church and Maple Park Lutheran Brethren Church for blessing us with their unconditional giving.

About 4 weeks ago Janice gave birth to our 11th child. We named him Samuel Owen Flude. Both Janice and Samuel are doing great. Receiving new kids never gets old. All the kids are enjoying their new brother.

Life is good. We are enjoying our time here but there isn't a day that goes by that Janice and I don't think about all of our friends in Chad and our home there. It is a strange thing to feel as though we've got part of our hearts here and part in Chad.

We are all looking forward to the holidays. It will be great to spend more time with family and friends and celebrate the Birth of the Savior.

Until next time....









About 6 weeks ago we moved into a nice 5 bedroom home that was essentially given to us to use for the year we'll be in the States. The house came fully furnished with a pantry full of food

4 comments:

Steve said...

Count the STRAW family in as part of "everyone" that waits for Flude updates. Miss you all and hope you enjoy your time in Walmart, er, I mean, the States! Blessings, Steve and Alace

Jaz Higgins said...

My goodness - number 11! That's amazing. Wishing your family all the best.

Unknown said...

Give us a call. Steve and Carolyn Cox

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