The Bryan Family

English Day Camp

This week we have been very busy with English Day Camp.  Over the past three days, us, the Aggies, and some of the Thai Christians have put on an English Camp for 2 nursing colleges in Bangkok. The first day we had around 70 students, the 2nd day close to 200 students, and the third day was all the 3rd year students at Suan Dusit Nursing College.

Also on Friday evening, Neale started his “English club” at the Suan Dusit Nursing College. We had about 30 students attend this week and we were told that about 80 have signed up to be a part of the English club.  We will be going every Friday evening for about 2 hours to give some of the students there an opportunity to practice their English with us.  One of the elder’s wives here at Somprasong is a faculty member at this college.

Ellie was a big hit at both of the colleges.  After we were finished, many students wanted to come and get their picture taken with her.

Ellie's First Steps

Last night as I was getting her bath ready, Neale had Eleanor on top of one of the kitchen tables.  It was on top of a kitchen table where she stood all by herself and took her first steps.  Once she finally took those first steps, she didn’t want to stop.  We spent a good 10-15 minutes letting her walk between the two of us.  She had the biggest smile and would laugh with each step that she took.  She was so proud of herself.

Today she showed off her new skills at the English Day Camp we had at a local nursing college.

We've Moved

We have officially moved back into the church building.  Over the past few months we have been remodeling our apartment on the 4th floor of the building.  We still do not have a kitchen or any furniture in the living area, but hopefully we can get some of that next month.  Our new place is a lot smaller than our old apartment, but it has two bedrooms (which means Ellie finally moves out of our room), is a lot cheaper, and we don’t have to travel a hour both ways to get back and forth to the church building.  I’ll post some pictures as soon as we have un-packed.

Ellie helping Daddy pack.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The three of us decided to go spend a few days in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  There are two American missionary families (The Hayeses and The Allisons) living over there right now, and one family (The Adamses) visiting Cambodia preparing to move there.  We attended Freed-Hardeman with the Hayeses and Adamses, so we wanted to go visit with them while they were in Cambodia.  We had a great time visiting with other American missionaries in Asia.  Ellie also made some new friends while we were there.  The Allisons have 2 little girls, one is about a month older than Ellie.  The Adamses also have a little girl around 3 years old.  Here is a link to the pictures of our trip to Cambodia.

Tom and Vanessa Adams, The Bryans, Andrew and Natalie Hayes

11 months old!

At 11 months, Ellie:

• is almost 20 pounds.
• has 6 teeth (four on top and two on the bottom)
• talks all the time (mostly just babbling, but she can also imitate words and sounds)
• points
• can stand by herself for a few seconds, and has taken a few steps.
• loves to walk around by holding one or both of our hands.
• waves hello and bye-bye
• can wai when someone says “sa-waa-dee-kha”. 
• makes a kissing sound
• can sign “all gone” and “milk”
• loves to play peek-a-boo, especially with her reflection.  She says “ah!” for peek-a-boo.
• likes to watch the pigeons when they land outside our window.  She points at them and says “bah” for bird.

That’s all I can think of now.  I’ll add more later as I think of them.

Happy Birthday Granddaddy!

Love,

Neale, Dalissa, and Eleanor