Though we just recently sent out our last newsletter;

 it seems more than fitting to send out yet another since so much has happened. 

It's safe to say we had the biggest scare in our lives when our sweet baby girl Peyton lost consciousness, turned blue and seemed to not be breathing. Aaron frantically ran her down the stairs (while praying over her and administering cpr) and outside to get help while I tried calling 211, which does nothing, since 112 is the emergency number. We stood helpless on the street, not knowing what was wrong with our baby, and not seeing many signs of life. After screaming for help I ran into the street and stopped an oncoming car and some others successfully called 112; by the time the ambulance arrived her color had returned and she lie on a pillow on the sidewalk as if sleeping. The paramedics, totally calm, immediately assessed her and because of her 104 F temp (40C) they concurred she'd had a febrile seizure. Aaron was able to go get me some shoes and a jacket before we left in the ambulance. After talking with the doctors and also, Rolf (our pastor)who is also paramedic, we were very relieved to find out that little ones are very susceptible to febrile seizures and they most often have no longterm effects. In most cases it's a one time event. The worst part is that not 20 mins before her seizure I had mentioned to Aaron that we ought to take her temp, check online for how to help reduce it and we probably ought to also give her Tylenol... But she seemed so uncomfortable and whiney that I wanted to comfort her first so I got her binky and as we were sitting cuddling in the living room, BAM, everything went south! We spent three days and two nights in the hospital in town, and because Peyton had a fever she was bound to her little room. We were beyond happy to leave the hospital and cannot stop thanking God for preserving the life of our sweet girl!! Thank you again to everyone who was praying for us and Peyton. Jehovah-Rapha, God our Healer. The doctors don't know exactly what caused the fever, they think probably a virus of some sort, all we know is her fever came on that same morning, and we will be purchasing a very nice, easy to use, and accurate thermometer that this may never happen again.. a must have on every baby registry FYI!

Daddy reading to his girl

Having some milk

Starting to feel much better with her fever gone!

Big smiles before going home!!

On a completely different subject, earlier last week, Aaron had the privilege of meeting with a young man from a nearby town. He had visited our church a few times and him and Aaron had had many good discussions about Christ and what is means to be a Christian. The night Aaron took him out to dinner he was able to answer many questions from the young man and by Gods grace our friend has now become a brother in the faith! We are excited, but also hoping to see the good fruit that will come from a life truly submitted to Christ. :) 

The past week or so Aaron had been pursuing getting a German drivers license. The most ridiculous part is that Germany does not recognize CA along with many other states (OH not included!) as having qualifying standards and further tests are needed. Since Aaron moved from Ohio to CA he obviously had to give up his OH license and have it replaced by a CA one due to change in residency.. The German government first said, this will not due, you must pay and take classes and tests blah blah blah. But awesome Mama Joy(my MIL) got some proof of license paperwork from OH and after first rejecting it, this morning he traded in his CA license for a German one, and it didn't cost a few thousand euros!! Hallelujah! Perseverance really payed off! God is so good!

As we mentioned in our last update we've been meeting with some Jehovah's Witnesses.
Our next meeting is this coming Saturday. It has been so neat to dig into the scriptures and look at all the evidence proving Christ's diety, and support for the triune Godhead. Really, I've been loving it! Our goal this weekend will be to reason from the scriptures that Christ indeed is God and not the Archangel Michael... The husband actually said if we can show him from the scriptures that Jesus is God he will convert... so please pray for their hearts to open, soft, and that the Holy Spirit would speak through us in love! We are praying for their salvation, which comes through Christ alone!

Our English Service is going well,
we have a man from Romania, here on business, attending for the next 4 weeks. 
We also had a woman come who had read about it in the newspaper!
We're praying for continued growth and that people here would long to know Jesus,
and the hope that is found in Him.

Lastly,

And as of today(tuesday the 16th) baby boy Snyder is due in exactly 6 weeks!

We are so thankful that after much prayer and petition;
 he has left the breech position for head down! :)
such an answer to prayer! 

The ultrasound showing he had flipped head down 

Baby bump 34 weeks

 she loves her baby brother :)


we're only half way through July,
can't wait to see what else God will do!!!

thanks for reading
love, the snyders