So, something about
having a newborn just makes time go by faster.
Each day seems to be a whirlwind and I am always surprised when the end
of the day arrives. So much has happened
but I'll attempt to summarize this and not make it a book. =)
April:
Through March, April
and May our house was filled with many guests coming to see the new baby. We enjoyed visits from my sister Jessie,
friend Lizzy, Chad's family, my family, and Chad's twin.
Also in April, AIM
hosted its annual Leadership Conference with over 70 people in attendance. It was a lot of work putting together but was
a blessing to all who attended.
May:
We moved to a home a
little further north and just outside of Branson. We moved for many reasons, the biggest being:
closer to Springfield were Chad will continue pursuing his Master's degree,
cheaper rent, and best of all, it's outside of the city some, sits on an acre
lot and has a wonderful back deck with a gorgeous view. We are loving our new place and believe this
will be a place we call home for awhile.
June:
June was a little
calmer if you can call it that. Chad and
I celebrated our two year anniversary with a train ride, time on the lake, and
of course, ice cream!
July:
We started out this
month heading out to Virginia visiting Chad's family. Ezekiel was able to meet a lot of extended
family including all of his great grandparents on that side of the family. As always the time went by too fast but we
were thankful for the visit.
Upon our arrival
home, our house was invaded by two wonderful young ladies. They came to intern with AIM for the month
and we have loved having them here. They
have had true servant's hearts being willing to do whatever the need is here
and we can't say enough good things about them. =)
While the AIM team
here didn't have a summer session, we did pull the team together for a
presentation we were asked to do. Here's a
link to the song the presented. It's
called "Gifter". (WARNING: I
was holding a baby who was trying to nuzzle his face into my shoulder and fall
asleep...so it might be just a little, itsy, bitsy shaky) =)
Current plans:
And now for the
future plans...currently we are getting ready to take a team of 8 students on a
week long mission trip to Kansas to run a camp there. It will be my 4th time at this camp and the
days are always full and crazy but rewarding.
I'm looking forward to the new challenge of adding a 4 month old into
the mix.
Immediately after
the camp in Kansas, I'll be flying out to San Diego for two weeks. The first week will be spent with the AIM
team and helping them run the annual missions conference out there. The second week will be spent with my
family. I'm especially excited to have
Ezekiel meet his Uncle Stuart who hasn't had the opportunity to yet.
And after that,
hopefully things will die down for awhile...well as much as they can with a
little one. =)
Ezekiel with his two new playmates...aka the iterns
