- January: Grandpa Pavek went home to Grandma. His Alzheimer's disease meant that he didn't recognize any of us anymore. I think the hardest part of the disease is that you lose your loved one well before they pass away. The day that he died we were driving up to MN and were listening to the The Bible Experience (an audio fullcast version of the Bible) and going through the Lord's Prayer when Mom called to tell us that we didn't need to hurry any longer. To this day, the Our Father reminds me of that moment. We also started attending the Open Door Baptist Church in KC.
- February: Joe and Sarah visited us in our house in KS. This was the first time that they had visited us since we lived in Colorado in 1997. It turned out to be a great visit and really brought the two families together. At the end of the month, I joined Freedom Ministries to help with my sexual addiction. This was a life-changing event. I would like to say my road to recovery has always been smooth, but I've had my share of setbacks. Nevertheless, I continue to trust in God and lift my addiction up to Him. Please continue to pray for me with this season of trial.
- April: I coached Phillip and Nick's soccer team. It was a great experience and I loved the opportunity to get closer with the boys. We also finally got our PCS orders to Korea and started making all the preparations for the move overseas.
- May: As part of my recovery, I had to face some of my past failures the last time I ws in Korea. It's funny how things that you push to the back of your mind comes out during recovery. I've had to face several such skeletons.
- June: CGSC Graduation! I really enoyed my time at the school. I got reacquainted with some old friends and made several new ones. We said goodbye to new friends and began the trip to Korea by starting off with leave in MN. We had a family reunion, reconnecting to two sides of my dad's family. This started during Grandpa's funeral when we realized how much we long it had been since we all sat down together.
- July: PCS to Korea. One of the greatest God moments in my recent memory occured when my prayers were answered before my very eyes while trying to find seats on the airplane, after being bumped from our flight. Seats were unavailable because we had Zoey with. I said a quick prayer that we find seats and all of a sudden seats opened up!
- August: The boys joined Kumdo and Tae Kwon Do. I participated in a big training exercise, which had its emotional moments.
- September: The kids started their first year in an overseas school. Anna joined ballet and we went on a trip to Yesan. After attending nearly every english church in the area, we settled on the Seoul International Baptist Church.
- October: New neighbors moved in that we would become good friends with.
- November: Anna joined Kinderdance. Mary had her nasal polyp removal surgery in a Korean hospital. We had Thanksgiving at our house, which was a first for us.
- December: Merry Christmas!!!! Ice skating, Karaoke, and shopping trips. We broadcasted our present opening on the internet for my parents to watch. It was really hard to remain focused on Jesus at times. This is something that we all need to work on, but I realized how blessed we are to be here in Korea together. We miss our family all the time, but are looking forward to the day when we are all reunited.
That pretty much wraps everything up. We hope that you all had a good New Year and look forward to hearing from each of you. Happy New Year!
The Pavek's
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