Baby Sarah

After months of anticipation, our long awaited new year present has finally arrived! On January 11th at 7:54 am, Sarah Aliyah Stowe was born at Lady Center Hospital in Joao Pessoa, Brazil. She weighed about 7 pounds 4 ounces and was almost 20 inches in length. Her skin is very light, like her dad's, and everyone told us that she had "cara do Pai" or her dad's face. I am not sure if that is a good or bad thing.

After two nights in the hospital, mommy and daughter came home to our apartment for good. Things have obviously been insanely busy ever since. There is little freetime and so many things that constantly need to be taken care of. But that is the life of new parents! Fortunately we flew my mother-in-law up from Curitiba to help us out. She is a HUGE help, as she cooks and cleans everything for us! We don't know what we would do without her.

The good news is that Sarah arrived during the summer time here in Brazil. That means that classes at the Federal and State Universities are on summer vacation and so we have more time to take care of Sarah and all her needs since our Bible Studies are currently on hold. Things with the church seemed to stop for a few weeks with all the commotion of a new arrival, but now that she is three weeks old, we are getting more used to everything. We have restarted our Saturday night evangelisms at the beach and our services are continuing as normal. I know that things are going to be so much different from this point on forever, but the Lord is slowly teaching us how to deal with all of this change. It is a bit scary but also a lot of fun. We look forward to seeing all the Lord has for us in the upcoming months and years.