Whatever it Takes!

Yesterday our semester began.  We have 18 new students and 10 third semester students.  How we praise the Lord for each life that is here.  We have earnestly been praying that God would bring forth laborers.  So each life is an answer to that prayer.  We have been enjoying getting to know all the new students.  As we have them over for a meal and connect with them we are just in awe of all the ways God has worked to bring our students here.  People have sold houses, left jobs, and are wholeheartedly giving the lives to serve the Lord on the mission field.  We have heard so many cool "Yea God" stories.  

We started off the semester challenging with the theme: "Whatever it Takes".  The challenge to do whatever it takes to see people reached with the gospel.  A number of them have come from unsaved homes and so their families are not supportive of them heading into missions. Please be praying for our students and their children as they adjust to life over here.   How we praise the Lord for being able to have a part in preparing these dear folks for the mission field.

Aurora's Journey Begins!

Today was Aurora's first day of kindergarten.  How can it be that we have a grandchild in school already?  Aurora it is a joy to see your excitement for learning.  I hope you always enjoy learning new things just like your daddy does.  I look forward to when you can sit down and read books to me.  Happy Learning!

Adopt a Child?

Twenty Four years ago I started homeschooling Caleb.  I never really enjoyed school myself especially in the younger grades.  As I thought about our children starting school in our remote tribal location, I wanted it to be an exciting time, and I wanted them to love learning.  Therefore I would decorate the classroom, make a special breakfast, take "class pictures" and really try to celebrate each new school year and the joy of learning.  It was always fun to look through their new school books and get every thing ready for school.  For twenty four years I have been celebrating a "New School Year" with my children. Guess what?  This year I have NO CHILDREN who will be in school anywhere. When I am in Wal-Mart I feel this need to walk through the back to school section and then I have to remind myself I do not need anything there this year.  Since this tradition of celebrating New School Years has been a part of my life for so long I find myself feeling very sad that come Monday morning I will not be celebrating this special event with any of our children.  I will not be waking up early and making chocolate chip pancakes, I will not be blowing up any balloons, or hanging up any streamers.  I will not be calling out "Be a shining light!" to any children as they head out to school.  I wish I could adopt a child to be able to celebrate a new school year with and to cheer them on.  I guess I am just a sappy mom not quite ready to move on to this new phase of life.

Congratulations Zachary!

Zachary officially finished college this past week!  His graduation is in November, however we didn't want to wait to celebrate until November.  So this weekend we celebrated all the hard work he has put in for the past four years. YEA, Zachary!  We are proud of you! Please be praying for him to be able to find a job as a computer programmer.

THE BLESSING OF FAMILY

You just can't put a price tag on quality family time.  And since we don't know when our paths will meet again we enjoyed every minute we had with our family in B.C.  It was very hard to say good-bye but the time we had together and the memories we made will be greatly treasured.

Family Times

God continues to bless us with some really special times together as a family.  What precious days!