and life moves on...

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