YABA: Yet Another Baby Announcement

From our brother DK, camped out at Stamford Hospital with Jen:

Jen  gave birth to a 7lbs 12oz boy this evening, via c-section, with no help from DK.  The boy is temporarily named Baby Kim (aka StrongBoy, aka MiniKong), as ongoing negotiations have not yet matured into mutually beneficial zoning, naming, and cross-border trade rights.  Nevertheless, those close to the negotiations expect an agreement to be signed within the next 24 hours…  UPDATE: HIS NAME IS ETHAN.

Jen will be happy to field visitors once she’s had some time to recover (miyuk-guk partaaaay!). Many thanks for all your support and prayers.

Update from S. & H.

Our friends, S. and H., have about 4 weeks left before they return to Kyrgyzstan.  Here’s an update received around midnight this morning:

Thanks for all the emails and your prayers for Isaiah.  We have some good news and then some even better news to share!  The surgeons at the Children’s Hospital in DC said that the growth on his shoulder is definitely a lymphatic  malformation.  It’s not serious and can be treated with a procedure called sclerotherapy.  Here is a good website that
explains in detail the condition and treatments -
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/info/vascular/diagnose/lymphatic.htm

NHF Sign…Approved!

An update from Chae:

The Tarrytown Village Architecture Board (ARB) approved NHF’s sign proposal on Jan 21st. Rev Doster and Hugh J. presented the proposal to the ARB. Chae, Edward, and Jimmy Ahn also attended the meeting.

Hugh did a wonderful job presenting the need for the sign and amazingly, the town architecture board was very, very supportive of the proposal and unanimously approved it (with a minor adjustments on the height and the location of the sign).

The same board had rejected a similar proposal a couple of years ago for one of the businesses that is renting space at RCoT, but last night, all six members of the board commented that they want us to have a permanent sign.

As I was driving home, I just felt the ARB meeting result is another indication of the BROADCAST work that our God wants to do in the Tarrytown community. It was so good to get such strong support from Hugh & Pastor Doster and from the town board!  There are a couple of more steps left, but this is definitely a big step forward.

Bringing New Hope to Tarrytown

New Song (har har) in the flesh!

impatient kid!

The paparazzi finally got through! Welcome to the party, young one. Catch some more photo love after the jump!

The Twins Are Home

And they are still inside Julie, where they need to be.

Here’s the good word from Julie herself:

i’m home on bedrest (modified, meaning i can still shower and go to the bathroom).  the doctor doesn’t want me going up and down the stairs more than once a day though…  i’m on medication which will control my contractions.  i’m having mild irregular contractions, but it seems to be ok.  no monitor, no restricted diet, lots of liquids.  babies are great…rennie is being spoiled silly [by Paul's parents].  inlaws will be staying from mon to thursday mornings until the babies come.  rennie has daycare all day (from 8:45 to 5:45) on thursday and friday, so they’ll be able to go home for four days.  weekends…paul will take care of things.  he might need a little help, food-wise, on weekends, but paul’s mom seems to be ok with cooking…i’ll let you know.  =)

Dave’s Dad says “thank you!”

I want to thank all of NHF for praying for my father during his bypass surgery. It was a stressful time for my family, but we are happy to see he made it to his next birthday (Oct 12).