Daily Statistics!

We thought you might enjoy this story from our partners who just arrived in Papua New Guinea:

On our first visit to the village of Rivo, we stopped in to visit some local people who are friends with some missionary co-workers of ours. While we were struggling to communicate our boys seemed to have it figured out. Ian, our oldest boy, tried to tell the kids that had gathered around some stories for a while. Then, after a few blank stares he decided to try out the common language of goofy faces and received the desired response of roaring laughter. Andrew quickly joined in and our kids had their first positive experience trying to communicate in a new culture.

As for us, here are a few family statistics...

Elias -

• number of soiled diapers this morning: 4
• number of those diapers that failed to withstand the pressure: 4
• number of pieces of laundry resulting from that failure: 9
  

Tim -

• number of pieces of fruit he ate today: 3
• number of pieces of fruit he wanted to eat today: 12
• Number of Lego vehicles completely dismantled: 16 by 9:00 am

Noah -

• Number of Lego vehicles completed: one more than Timmy has currently dismantled
• Number of words he said to Grandma on the phone: 12 (about 4 seconds)
  
• Number of words he used in preparation to speak with Grandma: 1200 (about 5 minutes) hmmmm...

Elizabeth -

• Loads of laundry washed: 13
  
• Caches of Legos found in random places throughout the house: at least 10 today
• Strangest one: with the extra TP in the back bathroom
  
• Number of kitchen utensils used when accompanied by some kind of construction or truck noise: You mean they aren't all supposed to be used that way?

Nate -

• Number of papers graded so far this semester: 874
• Number of hours on the phone this week: 23 ( I'm seriously considering an implant)
  
• Number of bruises on forehead from thinking that playing chase on park equiptment designed for 3-6 year olds was a good idea: 3