Stress!

Well, today has been rather stressful. For whatever reason, sibling rivalry kicked in big time. All of the kids argued and argued and argued almost the WHOLE day! Constantly someone was crying, yelling, calling "mama!" (or mamu depending on who it was) and the noise just didn't stop. EVER! For lunch, I only had time for half a piece of bread with peanut butter on it and then I had to start refereeing (sp) again. Lack of food led to a headache, which the constant noise helped to accelarate! But after I fixed dinner and finally got to eat--after most everyone else was finished) my headache went away and I had renewed energy.

Don't get me wrong--the day had it's good points. Robbie (as Rebeka calls him and it really suits him) is still very loving and sweet and shares everything--especially with Rebeka. I do mean everything though--food, drink, whatever anyone else asks him for! He'll lick a lollipop and then give Rebeka a lick. At dinner, Eileen needed more juice and the bottle was empty. She started to get upset and Rebeka walked over to her with her cup and poured half of her juice into Eileen's cup. It was just so sweet to see that!

I would like prayer for insight for me though. Rebeka wants to be mommy. She is sometimes very bossy and wants to discipline the other kids. If Merrick (or any of the other kids) is bothering someone else or doing something that she doesn't think he should, she will yell, "no" (or "ne") and go to him and squeeze his hands or arms and sometimes she'll spank him! I tell her no--Mommy will handle it--but with the language barrier it's hard for her to understand what I'm trying to say. I think she feels like it's her job to make the other kids behave or something. I would like prayer to figure out how best to explain to her that she can just be a kid-she doesn't have to try to be the peacemaker!

Also, I have another thing tugging at my heart that I'm not at liberty to write about right now. Please pray for Godly wisdom for us in this matter.

Thank you!!
Brooke