After the summer vacation the new baby continued to be the center of attention. In the following months we celebrated birthdays, and went to church services, with our new daughter. At home we took lots of pictures, showing each new milestone; like her first smiles, bath time, or diaper changes in the middle of the night. The ultimate photo is of her laying on a shelf, directly under the boom box tape recorder, in Naomi's room. She even slept in her travel bed in the living room, during our evening Bible studies. With the fall season, all the girls, including Miriam, were back to school. The afternoons included piano and dance lessons, and I was also able to get back to, my weekly modern dance class.

The next crucial prayer request was to find a new home. During a family meeting, we talked about this, while Naomi took notes for our prayer list. Besides more bedrooms and bathrooms, we also hoped to find a house with a wood burning stove, a larger kitchen, a garden, an office for Thomas and a garage. Naomi wrote on the paper, Mark Chapter 11, 24;

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer,believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”