11.07.05
Posted in Pez & Skittle at 3:33 pm by Hannah
Kez has learned the "smile and hope Mom doesn’t notice what you’re getting into" move. Now that she’s crawling she’s into everything…and I mean everything!
The things I have pulled out of her little mouth amaze me. Vacuuming has become a daily, non-negotiable, must do. And we spend hours (at least it seems like hours) going over the cold, hard fact that the stereo and the heater are still a "no, no".
The other day she crawled over and stood up at my chair, smiling sweetly, while trying to sneak her little hand behind her back and into the heater… we’re in for some fun. I can tell already.
She’s also learned how to flush the toilet…now if we can just keep her from discovering the toilet paper.
She continues to charm her way into our hearts though…just this morning, she got frustrated with me working on the computer and she began to cry "ahh doh, ahh doh" (translation: all done, all done). Sweet girly! 
We’re astounded at the things she learns every day.
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Posted in Pray for us! at 2:55 pm by Hannah
Please pray for us!
We’ve been continually searching out possibilities since we got back to school and it seems that all we’ve encountered are bright ideas and then slammed doors!
We just got an email from prospective supervisors in Cambodia (an internship we had figured as a slam dunk) and they won’t be able to take us next year… So we’re back to square one and trying not to be discouraged.
The Lord must have a very specific door for us…pray that we find it soon! 
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10.08.05
Posted in Family News... at 1:50 pm by Hannah
We are pleased to announce the coming of, not one but two either nieces or nephews!
Tim & Ginger (Hannah’s older brother) are expecting and due the beginning of February! Gabrielle and Hanakah are very excited to have a new baby.
Dave & Leah (Seth’s younger sister) are expecting and due the beginning of February! Yes, they’re both due the same week….could be great excitement on this side of the states.
Anyway we wanted to share this joyous news, we’re excited and hope you will join us in praying for their respective families as they prepare to welcome new little members.
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10.05.05
Posted in Pray for us! at 2:27 pm by Hannah
*Please pray for us as we step into this new position at church.
Pray that we will be a blessing to the church.
Pray that we will be able to work together on this.
Pray that this experience will give us more insight into the direction God has for us.
*Please pray for us as we are seriously considering Cambodia for internship. It seems to be an open door so far, so we are walking towards it.
*Please pray for both of our families as both are going through significant adjustments and changes. Pray that every member involved in each situation will keep their eyes on Jesus, and that we will be a blessing to our families in these times.
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Posted in Family News... at 2:13 pm by Hannah
Congratulations are in order for Nicolas Griffin, my younger brother. He graduated from Marines Boot Camp in September and has since been selected for Presidential Guard! We are so proud of him and are excited to see what the future brings for him. Please keep him in your prayers.
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Posted in Pez & Skittle at 1:56 pm by Hannah
It is with great joy that I can quote this wondrous song to Seth as we climb into bed every night!
"God rest ye merry gentleman! Let nothing you dismay!
For Keziah, your daughter will sleep til’ break of day!"
YES! She is sleeping through the night consistently now! I am amazed at what 6-8 hours of straight, solid, sleep will do for a person. I think part of the reason God gives us children is to remind us what frail, weak, needy creatures we are! It often hits me that it is only by His grace that I still possess a shred of sanity.
And it is only because of His wondrous love and mercy that I have been given this sweet little one. She is so worth all the sleep loss…the joy she brings to us is priceless.
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Posted in At this moment... at 1:42 pm by Hannah
It’s official! Seth has been hired on to our church staff as the Part-time Minister of Pre-school and Children’s Ministries. How’s that for a title? It’s an answer to prayer as we need to be working but wanted to be more involved with our church and were getting desperate for more time together.
Because both Seth and I have children’s ministry backgrounds we are hoping to be able to do a lot of the work together and we now have all the time in the world (well, alot more time anyway) to be involved with our church. It will also give Seth experience on church staff…something he’s been wanting to experience so as to get a little perspective on the direction God may be leading us.
I am excited to be able to be a part of what Seth is doing, (in contrast to just sending him off to work for a few hours every night) and am excited to jump into the fun of being a team in another aspect of life.
God is so good to us!
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09.20.05
Posted in Pray for us! at 3:16 pm by Hannah
Please pray for us in the many processes we are in the midst of right now.
The process of grieving the death of Seth’s father.
The process of figuring out our place in taking care of his Mom.
The process of accepting a part-time job as children’s minister at our church.
The process of planning internship.
The process of teaching Keziah to sleep through the night.
We’ll see who gives in first!
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Posted in Pez & Skittle at 3:00 pm by Hannah
The day has finally come when our room is no longer safe from little fingers and a certain curious mouth. Keziah is crawling!
We can hardly believe it as our baby girl goes motoring around the room…the funny thing is that as she crawls around she does make a little sputtering noise - she’s already into the car thing. There’s no question who her Daddy is! She has also learned that she can pull herself up to standing on things (chairs, tables, Momma) and I actually managed to catch her with the camera the other day. She’s getting quite used to cameras - this morning I pulled ours out to get a picture of her and she turned toward me and put on a big smile! Now why wouldn’t she do that when we wen to get her passport photo taken? 
Silly girl.
But she’s doing great happy, healthy and full of giggles and kisses.
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Posted in Family News... at 1:55 pm by Hannah
As many of you may have heard, Seth’s father George Carl Jankovsky went to be with Jesus on September 3rd. He died peacefully, with his wife nearby. It was not unexpected. Four years ago he was given two weeks and instead battled with illness and infection long enough to officiate the marriages of three of his children and see two grandchildren born.
Over the last month he had been getting weaker as his liver gave out so we knew that soon he would be where he has wanted to be for a long time - with his Savior. Seth’s mother shared at the memorial service that Dad always had to live through what he was going to preach the week beforehand. She said that his last month he was so content - living out the peace that he now has eternally at Jesus feet. He pastored right up to the end, passing on what God had taught him to the people that he loved. He shared what he knew God wanted him to share - and the impact he made was huge.
The memorial service was held in Nevada, at the church he was currently pastoring at. It was truly a tesimony to hear as person after person got up to share what Dad had meant to them and how he had touched their lives. Not only did he bring glory to God in his life but he also brought glory to God in his death.
He will be missed. Dad was a unique and fun person who if you asked him for his opinion he’d give it to you straight and honest. He loved people in an incredible way and took great joy in giving them a reason to laugh (wish you could’ve heard some of the answering machine messages we used to get). What Dad wanted for every person is that they would love Jesus, obey Jesus, and have fun! And he lived his life encouraging those around him to do just that.
He leaves behind an amazing family (what can I say, I am just a little biased). Seth is the oldest of ten children. The two sisters next in line (Katie and Leah) both live here in MN with their husbands. Amy is in college in Wyoming, and the rest of the children (Caleb 17, Rueven 15, Paul 12, Isaiah 10, David 7, and Petra 5) are still at home. They plan on moving up here to MN sometime this year but for now the church is taking care of them as Mom makes plans.
Dad lived an extreme life for Jesus…and though we are sad to see him go we rejoice that he is no longer in pain and that he is where his desire has been for a long time. He lived out the verse in Phillipians "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Our prayer is that we will follow his example.
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