So... What's new with me? Well, I am 13 now, which is cool... I have decided that I definitely want to be a writer when I grow up, that a while ago. Um... Since my last article Frodo has gotten another haircut, and he looks much better. Last time he was actually cut like a Bichon, and this time he really is cut like a poodle. When our grandparents came we went to Italy, which was really fun. Some new things that I've been doing are...

              I started archery for this season a while ago, and I am liking it alot more. I think that I have also gotten better at it. I really like doing it, and I am really glad I started it last year.

              I am playing my violin (fiddle) and singing in a Christmas musical here. I am really excited about that, I think it will be really fun. I am singing in the choir, dancing with a group of girls, and playing my violin as a "street musician" in the acting part with another girl playing violin, her dad playing the banjo, and Ellie and two of her friends doing a dance we made up. I think that that will be really neat to do.

             So, that's all for now!

~Lydia

I was just looking at the website and I realized that I hadn't written anything lately! So, I'll just write a short update about what I've been doing. I'll write it as a list, with ten things so I won't get too off subject.

1. This summer has been really busy. I've been gone for three weeks at camp, for two MK camps and dtafff training, and one week of English Bible Sports camp. I was also gone for a week in Bulgaria for our annual conference, and after that we spent a week in Zadar on the croatian coast. 

2. I'm not sure I'll get ten things on this list, but I'll try. Another thing I've been doing since we got back was taking our dog frodo out for walks and playing with him. Yesterday he got a new haircut and now he looks like a sissy, but he's still cute. the vet gave him a poodle haircut, so he has fur about an inch long on his body, two inches on the top of his head (it looks like he has an afro) and about three inches on his tail. I guess I'll get used to it.....

3. When I take Frodo on walks, we meet alot of people. Today we met an old lady who told us that he is "unusually pretty" There is also a girl that Frodo and I play with alot. She is 9 years old and has a black poodly type of dog named Rocky. While Frodo and Rocky play, she talks in Croatian, and I am finding that I understand mostly all of it, and am able to talk a little back to her, too, which is exciting.

 4. School started last week, so that is going on now, even though I don't have all the subjects. It takes ne a while do do, however, and I'm not looking forward to getting the rest, although I'll bear with it since...

 5. Our grandparents are coming! They get here tommorrow (is that how you spell it? Croatian is spelled how it sounds, and I'm losing my English spelling) and they are bringing the rest of our school. They get to stay for 2 weeks, nad we are going to have ALOT of fun together, I'm sure! How am I going to get through school tommorrow!

6. Hmmm.. let me think.What have I been doing? I think that these five are enough, I really don't need ten things, but I'll try to keep my articles up to date from now on. Well, that's all!

I wrote this story a while ago, but I will put it on the web now.

On je Daniel. Ona je Bonnie. On je njezin muž, i ona je njegova žena. Lydia je njihova kći. Elisabeth je njihova kći. Lydia i Elisabeth su sestre. Daniel je njihov tata, i Bonnie je njihova mama. Daniel i Bonnie su roditelji. Lydia i Elisabeth su djevojćice. Oni su obitelj

Whew! Click read more to get the translation.

Well, now that we have been in Croata around 2 months, I thought that you might like to know some things about it. It will be easiest for me to make a list here.

1.Camp is Super! While I was at EBS (English bible sports) camp, me and some other kids made a fort in the woods, out of some branches and things. It could fit 4 or 5 people! Also, I met a girl who lives in the apartement buildings behind us, and some other neat friends. It was great!

2. language is easier and harder than I thought it would be. At camp I picked up some important phrases, like - "Kako se

kaže _______________ na hrvatskom" means "how do you say _______________________ in croatian." But, language school is really boring and sometimes frustrating.

3........................I dont know!