LaLa Land...

Many times in my kids eyes America is a dreamy lala land...it is a land of new clothes, presents for every and any occasion, entertainment every where you look, a new breakfast cereal for every morning, road trips that don't rattle your teeth and drive thrus where they hand you food as fast as you can order it. What could be better than America? For Tim and I, although we also love such things as new clothes, nice roads and drive thrus, America is a crazy land! Crazy busy, crazy fast, crazy late nights, crazy amounts of choices. After being gone for almost 10 years...HOW DO YOU PEOPLE DO IT? We are exhausted. It never seems to slow down. I thought it was busy because it was summer, but when fall started surely it would slow down...WRONG! As soon as fall starts it gets busier, because you have youth group starting, small groups, trail life and heritage girls, and if you can fit it in...dance. And on top of that we are visiting all our supporting churches in the next month. CRAZY!

Well despite the craziness, we have been enjoying ourselves and checking some things off our to do list before we head back to Mozambique. We had an amazing time travelling out west to visit our colleague, Janice Peters, and her family. It was such a memorable trip and we saw so many incredible places and were able to visit with some supporters and people we haven't seen in a long time. Tim also had a very profitable time in Dallas TX, planning and organizing for the Bible School with our new partner, Verena, and a veteran Mozambican missionary. They were able to get a lot of the timeline planned for the opening of the school and set goals and tasks to be accomplished before the opening.

We now begin our time of visiting churches and we will be at a different church every Sunday for the next 6 weeks. Once again our updated schedule for speaking at churches is as follows:

September 24th--Calvary Church, Muskegon MI

October 1st--White Lake Baptist Church, Montague MI

October 8th, 11th--Rothbury Community Church, Rothbury MI

October 13-15--Chinese Bible Church, Detroit MI

October 22--Maranatha Bible Church, Comstock Park MI

October 29--Fruitland Baptist Church, Whitehall MI (Evening Service 6pm)



A few pictures from our trip out west...

It was so great to spend some time with Janice. She has been our family in Mozambique and we hadn't seen her in a year, so it was a blessing to spend time with her.

We were also able to spend quite a bit of time with Janice's, nephew and niece, Jeff and Alysun, while out in Oregon. We met them in Mozambique while they were visiting a few years back and we have stayed in touch. They are amazing people and have become like family to us as well. 

Colorado National Monument

We also stopped in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and saw my friend, who has been in my life longer than any other. Lesley and I have known each other since she was born (3 months after me) and have spent countless hours playing truth and dare, going to school, travelling, planning weddings, living and laughing together. I absolutely loved getting to spend some time with her and her family.