Raising Arrows

I'm not sure how, but we happened to miss our September update!!! I'm guessing it's prob due to the fact we were kinda busy in October. ha So here's a little recap of the month of September for yall. We began the month in prayer for our church and family in Stockton-on-Tees. We spent a lot of time outdoors as well, knowing cold and winter was right around the corner. As a family we took a few hiking trips and a camping trip too! We celebrated a birthday and got to enjoy our first ambulance ride with one of the kids! Scary stuff! And we ended the month back in the ER trying to find a lego someone swallowed... Life is never dull! Oh, how I love our crazy days.  praying with some friends for our British brothers and sisters in Christ  dirt fights and late nights!  celebrated this guy's NINTH birthday!  a family favorite for game night ... Ticket to Ride  south mountain! :)  we even brought the pup and he enjoyed a good long af...

Anyone else feel like November went by in a blink of an eye? Wow! Seems crazy to think another month has gone by, but here we are looking Christmas right square in the face now. We loved our November. It was full of appts, rearranging, decorating, yard work, bonfires, sweet treats, and lots of learning. We really enjoyed the month back at home. And our big news for the month ... WE ARE OFFICIALLY OVER 70%!!! We are now only $1600 away from 100%! 2020 is gonna be our year! God has been good and we are preparing for our move in the coming year! SO excited. Stay tuned for more info.  Since Halloween was threatened with storms and cold winds, we were able to attend trick or treating in our own neighborhoods! Katherine Johnson and her astronauts :)  Thankful for more super helpful ophthalmologists that got M fixed up and ready for another year of great sight! Had a super special weekend visit too!! Our hearts were filled by their spoils and love! it's never long eno...

What a beautiful month!  It's hard to put into words all the emotions, knowledge, lessons, amazing friends, and new experiences we had this last month while attending our prefield training in Union Mills, NC. But we will try ... mainly with pictures, as always!  First day of class! Ready and eager  our daily view  our common area in our dorm! We had a whole wing to ourselves! it was quit nice the first official weekend there we hosted a pumpkin party on the back porch of our dorm! We had a potluck of soups and treats & enjoyed getting to know one another.  E made a best friend right away!!!  After our cultural weekend assignment, we took a group of new friends to a British Pub we found.  We also "adopted" an amazing young lady while away ... N calls her sister now!  On our way back home from our cultural weekend assignment - our whole family enjoyed learning about another culture At the end...