Raising Arrows

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...

August sure was a whirlwind of a month! We took in each day with joy and gladness, knowing cooler fall days are just around the corner! This last month we enjoyed celebrating 11 wonderful married years together, a spontaneous camping trip, lots of fun visits with friends and family, adventures and a few road trips, along with reaching 60% in fundraising, kids' visit with the dentist, and we got our new chicks into their forever home! What a month indeed. There's been hiccups and plans had to be rearranged a time or two, but overall God taught us to take His plan over ours once again. Funny how we must be taught the same lesson time and time again ... maybe that's where my kids get it from?! Hmmmm.... As always pictures better capture the month then words, so enjoy the recap. I know we won't ever forget the trips we took this month!  a little evening street ball!  swing time with my girl  picnic lunches before our neighborhood friends head back to school!...