Prices for everyday things in Greenland.

I went to the store today and was looking around and decided to share some of our everyday prices of different items here. Some of these items are on sale, some of them are regular price. The prices you see are in Danish Kroner, and our exchange rate right now is 5.5 DKK to one dollar. When we first came here I kept looking at the prices as US dollars, and it was quite a shock! We see packs of hamburger meat for 100 Kroner and not as $100 now! That can kinda get the heart pumping for you.  :)     

These boot are on sale and are $60

Princess shirt-$25

Pillow-$80! This pillow better be awesome! :)

60 diapers-almost $35

Princess shoes-around $32

This little jewel is around $120!!

Legos around-$26!

Dolls around- $26

Frying pan-$30

This pan is on sale for $70

Microwave-$120, it was the only kind they have!

TRESemme' on sale this week-2 for $20

 

For my girls...

My little chefs!

She’s walking in my footsteps

That’s very plain to see-

She says that when she’s grown up

She wants to be just like me.

But it’s a scary feeling,

Though one that brings me pride,

And it makes me pause and ponder

My heart, and what’s inside.

Do I really want her

To be just like me all the time?

Could I be proud to tell folks

That she’s a child of mine?

Am I the kind of lady

That I want my girls to be?

Would it make me happy

If they DID turn out like me?

Or would it bring me heartbreak

If those wishes did come true-

“Mommy when I’m grown up

I want to be just like you”?

Would I have to shed some tears

And bow my head in shame

If what I am today

Is what my daughters soon become?

Dear Lord, I’m begging that You will

Remind me everyday

That little girls are watching

Everything I do and say

Lord, make me into the kind of lady

Whose light the world can see

So I can be glad if my little girls

Grow up to be just like me.

~Cathy Corle~

Mission Motherhood

My little jewels!

This poem speaks for itself! This is my prayer that I can be the lady that I would want my girls to be. If you don’t have a copy of Mission Motherhood, by Mrs. Cathy Corle, it would be an excellent addition to your library. It would also be a great baby shower gift for new mommies!   

Pray for the homes of Greenland...

It is heartbreaking seeing the conditions of the homes here in Greenland. Marty and I both agree that some of the parents here care more for their dogs than they do their own children! What I mean by this is they spend more time training their dogs than they do training their children. They are more concerned that their dogs are healthy than that their children get the proper nutrition. In the summer last year we saw on many different occasions, small children, still in diapers, wandering the streets in small groups of 4 or 5 kids under 5 years old. Many of the kids here are left to fend for themselves. I understand that there are cultural differences, and we are not here to make them into Americans but Christians.  It’s just heartbreaking seeing what goes on here in the homes. We are challenged to keep our home in line with the Scriptures so that we can be an example. Our home is far from perfect but hopefully we, as a family, can be a light for Christ.

Some of Eli's friends

Maryanna and her friends playing Strawberry Shortcake last summer.

Teen pregnancy is outrageous here! And by teenagers I mean, 14 and above! Marriage here is rare. Most of the couples here just live together. There have been some years where the abortion rate has outnumbered the birth rate. The other missionaries, in Illulissat, Greenlands third largest town, have said that the hospital shuts down every Thursday just to perform abortions.

Playing at the park

A couple cuties!

The kids here are taught sex education in elementary school. Nudity is the norm. I haven’t taken our kids to the library here because the children’s books have nudity in them.  Greenlanders here are heavily influenced by Denmark. Whenever we were in Denmark we went to the mall there and went into the bookstore. We were looking at the children’s books and had to leave because of the nudity in the books and on the covers of the other books around us.    

Please pray for the homes of Greenland, without Christ they have no hope! I have a real burden for the young mothers and the children here. Please pray that our family can be a light in this land of spiritual and physical darkness.