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| PRAISE GOD!! |
It is with the greatest joy we announce that our family has made it to the 50% mark in our monthly fundraising goal! Praise God! With that being said, we are setting new goals and continuing on with eager anticipation as to how God will work in the coming months. We've set some goals and are praying to be at 80% by October so we can attend the month long pre-field training near Asheville, NC. Our goal is reach Stockton-on-Tees at the beginning of the new year!
In other news, God has been answering prayer here in our simple way of living in our front yard! I am writing a post dedicated to how God is moving and what we are doing, but until it's all done, I'll just recap it quickly. God has been bringing folks to our yard, expanding our friends in the neighborhood and making old things new and beautiful. Our front yard is now a gorgeous oasis of light and beauty and we are excited to have more summer meals, parties, and conversations around the new rock patio.
In family news, not much has changed. The beginning of the month we spent a few days in DC and had a BLAST!!! From there we've taken a little time off for summer break and are just starting back into what we call "summer school" - it's a light schedule with less to do each day, but still keeping on in our books and keeping things fresh in our minds.
We also have been enjoying the summer heat and sun. Having friends over, visiting the zoo, and occasionally spending time in the AC, watching our favorite movies and staying in our PJs (because we can!).
And of course here's the photo recap of the great month we had!!
Here's to another great month of watching God work!
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we found this cute little restaurant near Gull Lake called the Dandelion Cafe!
We highly recommend it and hope we can visit it again before leaving. DELICIOUS food! |
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| morning breakfast with the best grand poppy out there! :) |
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| cousin bonding |
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| our first night in DC we walked to get pizza - the kids thought city life was great! |
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| Air & Space Museum was probably our favorite!!! we had a blast and saw SO much! |
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| walking and riding buses - these kids became pros! |
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Fredrick Douglas - visited his home and learned so much about this man's influential life!
We highly recommended visiting his home and museum if in DC! |
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| an evening spent at the Lincoln Memorial <3 |
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envisioning beauty and spending our time around this table and yard.
God is teaching us much about being neighbors! |
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yard work took up a good chunk of our final few weeks of May -
but it was a pure joy to see the yard transform.
This is me against the Monkey grass and bushes ...
in the end I left Tim take it over with the help of my dad when he visited. |
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| fill dirt to level the ground! |
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| how beautiful is this moth!??!?! I was amazed at the markings on the wings |
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| the new front of the house! LOVE it |
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| celebrating hard work with Popsicles and funny faces |
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| The new and improved front yard space!!!! Could not be more excited to use this daily! |
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| the last day of May was spent the Zoo! And we enjoyed it so very much |
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E loved getting friendly and upclose with all the animals.
His favorite was the polar bears and the lions |
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| my favorite was the elephants! This guy was SO close to us! |
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couldn't spend time in MI without spending a day with my BFF !!!!
Gosh how i miss all these faces together! |
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thankful to these fine folk for hosting a great gathering where we shared our hearts and passion for England!
Thanks Shales! |
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one of our final days we spent fishing with poppy & nanny, off the dock and shore ...
we didn't get anything, but it was enjoyable all the same. |
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| the Capital Building! A big hit in our fam |
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| finally got to see the REAL Ruby Slippers - and was thrilled to share the experience with my own daughter! |
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| what a sight! |
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| first city bus ride! they were eager beavers - totally could tell we were tourists. hahaha |
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outside of Fredrick Douglas' home in DC
INCREDIBLE home with a great story! |
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| E was terrified but we got our family pic non the less! ha |
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reunited with neighbors after a long 16 days away!!!
Our kids didn't know what to do without their neighborhood pals |
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| Daddy Science class! This month we learned about Safety related things (fire, water, lightening, earthquakes, etc) and how to respond to each |
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Finally got some new sand - and these kids were thrilled!
let's see how long it lasts. haha |
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| spent memorial day at a local park - getting sweaty and loving the family day together |
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| smores with neighbor friends - LONG LIVE SUMMER! |
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