Alyssa Noelle Olsen

Alyssa Noelle, our American born princess and big sister, Lianna Joy, our Hungarian born princess...we are soooo blessed!
Ga-ga Olsen and Grampa came to visit Alyssa in the hospital too!
Uncle Derek, Oma and Papa came too.. Uncle Richie and Aunt Denise came to the hospital to visit too, but I guess I forgot to take a picture of them holding sweet Alyssa
Uncle Tino and Aunt Jenny came too..they were actually the first to come visit. It was a lot of fun having family come and visit in the hospital with this delivery..and every doctor and nurse spoke English in the hospital too which was a HUGE bonus!
Sweet Alyssa Noelle sleeps as peaceful as this picture looks...really, we are so blessed by what a great sleeper she is already..now for the time change that we are about to embark on..hmm...should be interesting...

Ministry Presentations

Bjorn has been busy giving presentations at our supporting churches
Lianna loves to go up front and get to say, "Hi!" in the microphone

Sadly, with Mommy on bed rest now...Bjorn and Lianna have to do the presentation without Mommy, but thankfully Grandma and Grandpa have been coming to help out!

Pumpkin Farm and Apple Picking

On the hayride, Lianna had to say, "Hi!" to everyone we passed...too funny!
She loved all these apples right at her height that she could pick!
Lianna and Daddy like the tart apples, while Mommy prefers the sweet apples...This picture is really amazing to us to be able to see her jaw strength improve so much that she could actually bite an apple...wow...
Of course Lianna loved getting to go on Daddy's shoulders to get the apples way up high too!
There were too many pumpkins to count...
But, she tried again and again!
As you can see, Lianna had a great time going to the pumpkin farm, picking apples, and going on a hayride! She just loved being in the states to do such a fun fall outing...we don't get to do these fun things in Hungary!
Lianna stopped to give Daddy a sweet kiss..and I captured it on camera...I LOVE these moments
Lianna picked out the perfect little pumpkin!

Lianna saw her neurologist this past week and he was thrilled with all of her developmental gains! She thought it was hilarious to take his little wand and check her own reflexes...she actually got her legs to kick a couple times...it was pretty funny! After being seizure free for 2 years, the doctors now have us weaning Lianna off of her medicine. Please pray with us that God would keep Lianna seizure free! Lianna is also trying to talk more, and her walking and balance is getting better each day. Praise God!

More May Days

This year the high school students performed in the musical Bye Bye Birdie. The students did a great job! Lianna loved getting to go see the big performance. She was dancing and clapping along with all the music.


Bjorn was in charge of our Family Field Day again this year. This is an annual day where all the students and families of ICSB gather for a picnic and games. This is a big event that Bjorn loves getting to put together. There are many student games to coordinate, but all the staff help out managing. The whole school is divided into four different colored teams, and then they break up into elementary, middle school, and high school groups for the competition. I think the tug-of-war might be the students' favorite game!

May Days

Bjorn was asked to talk with the senior boys about college life. Bjorn was able to have great conversations with these boys. Please pray for our graduates as many will be leaving family and traveling far away from Hungary for college.
Papa Stienstra came to visit us for 3 weeks in May. Lianna LOVED getting to sing, play, read...well, everything she got to do with Papa!
Here are some of the students performing at the coffee house.
Here Bjorn is working with other teachers at the student council fundraiser. The student council decided that with the increase in student outreach this year at the local orphanage, they wanted to raise money for a sound system for this specific ministry. The students and staff had a coffee house and had different students performing too. It was a great night of fellowship, and they raised about $700! Whoa!
We have REALLY enjoyed getting to work with our friend Kim this year at ICSB. Kim, Bjorn and I all grew up in the same high school youth group, and it is really great to be able to serve alongside her. Lianna loves to play with Kim when she comes over too!

Lianna Mastering Her Medical Walker

Lianna cruising around castle hill in her medical walker. This was during April. She is still using it around the house and we often take it to school where she can practice walking down the long hallways or in the gym. Lately, she is even taking a few steps alone from one person to another. Praise God!