David at Di Carlos!

David is now employed with me at Di Carlos! Yay!

He is learning to do prep work, which consists of making the dough, shredding the cheese, and stretching a tray. Eventually, he will also be doing deliveries too! It is exciting that we both are working together now...



...AND he makes amazing pizzas!! Yum!

Update from G4

Hi, yes, it has been quite some time since we last blogged. A lot is going on with Dad at ICAF, Mum busy with our home life, and David and I busy with studies. Within the next couple of days we will post some pictures from our latest adventures to Washington DC, Dad and David's trip to Gettysburg, and the Deaf Rally. *smiles*

Below are some photos we leave you with, until we add more. *smiles*

Here's David - dressed in camis and I - in Dad's flight suit (yes, it was rather large on me!).


Last week, we went to a different YMCA and tried out the climbing wall! It was a lot of fun. Here is DJ just about to reach the top.


On Saturday, my ASL teacher had a Halloween harvest party at her house. Everyone dressed up, had fun playing ASL games, and telling stories. Here is a picture of me with some of my Deaf friends Crystal, Joyce, and Chris.


We hope everything is going well with you...
More photos to follow!

Happy Birthday Dad and Mum!

This past month we celebrated Dad and Mum's birthdays! Yay!




Here is Dad and I at Golden Corral. :)



Here is DJ, Mum, and Dad with a "pink lady cake."



I'll have to note, the first picture is of the cake in full... this last picture of DJ and I with only half a cake...hmm. Question of the day, where did that half-a-cake go? haha! :)

Happy Birthday Dad and Mum! We are praising God that He blessed both of you with another year of healthy life. :)

Emily is working at Di Carlo's Pizza

For a while I've been searching for a job. I've applied to Brusters, Starbucks, Subway, Farm Fresh, to name a few. But nothing worked out. Finally Mrs. Murphy - the mother of a young girl I babysit for, told me about her friend who was starting a pizza place and looking for employees... before I knew it, I was hired! I was so excited!



Thursday, July 31st was my first day of training. We will be training daily until next week when Di Carlo's opens. We are learning all sorts of cool things. I will be working as a counter girl. So I'll be dealing with answering the phones, taking orders, boxing pizzas, stretching dough, and I even know how to make pizzas! :) I'm very excited about this new job and plan on working a lot until fall term starts up later this month.



Come visit me sometime! I'll make you a very yummy pizza!

DJ got his license

A couple weeks ago Mum and DJ headed for the DMV office... DJ was going to take his on the road test to get his licenses. Dad and I waited expectantly at home. Finally, Dad and I heard the car pull up. We ran down the stairs and to the car, "How did it go?" DJ smiled and pulled out his card... HE PASSED!

Yay! Praise God! :) And yes, he's a great driver!

"And You Will Call Him John..."

The Gs have been on an adventure with the Zavalas. Chris and Latoya found out 9 months ago that they were going to have a baby. We were almost as excited as they were... we were going to have a baby!!



On July 11th, nine days after John was due, we got a call from Chris saying they were at the hospital and would we come join them. We excitedly drove to the hospital and eagerly awaited the arrival of the new baby! Chris and my mom were in the delivery room.



The next thing we knew, we saw little John being held by his parents and grandpa. There was such increadible joy and praise. God blessed them with a beautiful boy.



3 John 4 - "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth."



May God be with this new family!

Emily's State Interpreting Test

In May, I, Emily, took a journey up to Richmond, Virginia to take my Virginia Quality Assurance Screening (VQAS) interpreting test. This test consists of two parts - written and signed. This day I took the written part, along with several of my classmates, Trish, Tanya, and Kellen. Once we pass the written part we can start working among the community for some jobs.

On the drive up to Richomond, we were nervous. 'What if we didn't all pass?' 'How hard is this test?' So we decided to just take it in stride, since either way it would be a learning experience for us.

We took the test... and we all passed! Praise God! Thank-you to those of you who prayed for us. We greatly appreciated it! We all start the interpreting program this fall. We eagerly await learning more about interpreting, so we can take the second part of the test.