Pray for the Persecuted Church

Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. - Hebrews 13:3

Today is The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church so we Indiana Lesnets would like to take a moment to encourage each one of you to pray for the persecuted church. Could you please do it right now? Just take a quick moment and pray for our brothers and sisters whom live lives of faith and courage while they face the immense challenge of living in such dangerous conditions. Please pray now, the blog will still be here for you to read when your done. If you would like further information about the persecuted church, please check out The Voice of the Martyr.

On Tuesday, the Indiana Lesnets practiced our civic duty and voted. I have to admit that I feel bad voting for the local government positions as I do absolutely no research about the local candidates or the issues that effect us here in the suburbs. Stephanie and I however did do a lot of research on the presidential and gubernatorial elections. Regardless of your politics, our country witnessed an historic election of our first African-American President, Barack Obama. Watching the coverage around the world and in schools and colleges across America, it was an extremely emotional event for our nation. While we disagree with President-elect Obama on a number of social policy and economic matters, we do share the sense of excitement he has brought to the country. Now that the election is over, it is time to put the bitterness and division of politics behind us and to unite in our support of our new Commander-in-Chief. I ask that you join with us and pray for our new President and for his wisdom and integrity to lead our nation in to a brighter future.

Wow, this blog posting is pretty heavy! Okay, back to the stories about Kai!

Kai has been taking steps for a couple of weeks but he has really started walking now. He can walk from one end of the house to the other, but he chooses to only do that when the camera is in its case. We were able to catch some footage of him walking around this weekend. Enjoy!

Saturday was a big day around here as I helped some of our friends move out of their house and in to a couple of PODS. They are building a new house a couple of miles south of the one that they live in now but that house isn't done yet and they are closing on the house they live in now on Monday. I guess that means that I will have to help them move again, just in time for my hands to stop hurting from moving all of the heavy furniture in to the PODS.

Also on Saturday, we took a family trip down to the outlet mall in Edinburgh which is about 50 miles south of our house. There are a lot of baby stores down there including a Stride Right, The Children's Place, Gymboree, and Carter's. We didn't buy him much as we really weren't impressed with the items that they had for the prices they were charging.

Kai has scored some pretty cool new stuff this week as he got a set of blocks and some maracas. He really likes these toys! Kai also got his first pair of shoes. They are pretty sweet shoes but they are like kryptonite as he cannot walk too good in them.

This week Kai took his first bath in the big tubby. He really likes the big tub and the bath toys that his Lesnet grandparents bought for him. He is also infatuated with the drain. Here is a picture of him in the big tubby playing with his toys.

Yep, still 4 teeth! Here is good picture of all 4 of them!

He has discovered my golf clubs as I have finally brought them in from the trunk of my car. Golf season has most definitely passed but Kai's season has just begun!

We bought a squash this week to make for Kai. We don't know a lot about squashes but we thought that the "spaghetti squash" looked pretty cool since it was just big and round and didn't have the gourd-type shape that the other squashes that we had in the past. It has a very interesting texture as it breaks apart in to little spaghetti looking pieces (hence the name) and they are impossible to puree for the boy. It looks like mom and dad are going to be eating some squash this week while Kai eats the pears and sweet potatoes that we made for him.

Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated — the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground. - Hebrews 11:36-38