I have come to realize that either our lives aren’t exciting
enough to update the blog weekly, not enough happens, or I just am not as
motivated as some. Haha. I could start writing about poems or song lyrics,
solving world problems with a very opinionated forum or taking pictures of our
dinner. Oh wait, that’s facebook. :-D
Anyway…
Our activity has certainly slowed down, but we still had a
great rest of the summer. The last time I wrote, all the teams were gone and
there were just a few “stragglers” left. We had a wonderful time with Bobbie
Overgaard here helping at the radio station after the Net had closed for the
summer.
The very end of July we took a much over-due trip to
Michigan. I spent a few years growing up there and hadn’t been back since 5th
or 6th grade. Almost 20 years! Jeremy has never gone. We also hadn’t
seen my grandparents since Malachi was 8 months old. It was great catching up
with them. We also got to drive by my old house and see a childhood friend who
I hadn’t seen in years as well. Malachi had a wonderful time! We were
constantly go, go, go with activity. My parents have only been in Bellaire a
little over a year and have a house right on a Lake with a pontoon and everything.
They are also close to Lake Michigan where we spent a few days throughout our
trip on the beach. We also went fishing, went to a fair, ate our years supply
of ice cream, spent a lot of time outside, etc. It was fun to watch Malachi
explore and discover new things. We were
gone for a tad over three weeks, so we got used to being there and hard to
leave. It was nice to come home too.
While we were gone the radio station went “hay-wire” for
lack of a better terms (and that I don’t want to go into a huge, technical
description). It was actually off the air for about two weeks. Problem solved
now though.
Now that we are home, we are back to the usual activities.
Jeremy has been busy working on stuff here at the radio station being Mr. Fix
It on some things related to being off the air. He has helped a guy here with
his Annual on his airplane as well. The weather hasn’t been very cooperative on
Sundays for flying, but he still has plenty of things to do.
I have started leading the local Women’s Bible Study again
and we had our first week on Thursday with 9 ladies! (average is 5 or 6)
The biggest thing coming up in just two weeks is called
AWAKEN. I have mentioned it before, but it is a Youth Retreat that we help out
with here once a year. It was started by our good friends and it has been a lot
of fun helping out with since living here. It also takes a lot of preparation,
helpers, money and good weather too! Half of our attendees and some leaders are
from different villages, so there are lots of flights that take place this
week. It is Sept. 19th-21st if you think of it! ;) I will
try to update shortly after that, so stay posted!
Blessings!
